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- A-0583-20 – STATE OF NEW JERSEY VS. EMMANUEL C. DIKE (17-04-0244, UNION COUNTY AND STATEWIDE) Opinionnjcourts.gov… issue a passion/provocation manslaughter charge to the jury. We affirm the conviction but remand to the sentencing … the homicide task force at the Union County Prosecutor's Office asked defendant's parents to telephone their son but … 104 N.J. 571, 579 (1986)). A "court has an 'independent duty . . . to ensure that the jurors receive accurate …
- njcourts.gov… part of the Court’s opinion. It has been prepared by the Office of the Clerk for the convenience of the reader. It … Securities Law. The trial court submitted the case to the jury on a theory of promissory estoppel. The court limited … salary he would have made” in defendant’s employ. The jury found for plaintiff on liability and awarded $237,000 …
- njcourts.gov… its assets. The court also denied her breach-of- fiduciary-duty claims against the trustees of the first trust. In … issues involving personal jurisdiction, her right to a jury trial, and fair notice. Avi also appeals, challenging … Dena Wolf, a trust and estates attorney with the New York office of McDermott Will & Emery (MWE). He told Wolf he …
- A-1696-17 Opinionnjcourts.gov… its assets. The court also denied her breach-of- fiduciary-duty claims against the trustees of the first trust. In … issues involving personal jurisdiction, her right to a jury trial, and fair notice. Avi also appeals, challenging … Dena Wolf, a trust and estates attorney with the New York office of McDermott Will & Emery (MWE). He told Wolf he …
- njcourts.gov… assignment of counsel. We affirm. I. A Passaic County grand jury charged defendant with first- degree felony murder, … 2C:2-6 (count six). Defendant was tried before a jury. At the trial, the State presented evidence that, on … chain. They sold the chain in New York City two days later. Officers from the Paterson Police Department investigated …
- A-1676-16T4 Opinionnjcourts.gov… assignment of counsel. We affirm. I. A Passaic County grand jury charged defendant with first- degree felony murder, … 2C:2-6 (count six). Defendant was tried before a jury. At the trial, the State presented evidence that, on … chain. They sold the chain in New York City two days later. Officers from the Paterson Police Department investigated …
- STATE OF NEW JERSEY VS. DWAYNE S. PENIX (18-11-0666, MERCER COUNTY AND STATEWIDE) - Unpublished Opinionsnjcourts.gov… its use in other cases is limited. R. 1:36-3. 2 A-0265-20 A jury convicted defendant Dwayne S. Penix of first-degree … object she believed was a gun. She fled to the manager's office, called for help, and when she returned, the cash … the crime. The defendant has neither the burden nor the duty to show that the crime, if committed, was committed by …
- A-0265-20 Opinionnjcourts.gov… its use in other cases is limited. R. 1:36-3. 2 A-0265-20 A jury convicted defendant Dwayne S. Penix of first-degree … object she believed was a gun. She fled to the manager's office, called for help, and when she returned, the cash … the crime. The defendant has neither the burden nor the duty to show that the crime, if committed, was committed by …
- STATE OF NEW JERSEY VS. MICHAEL MITCHELL (18-03-0293, PASSAIC COUNTY AND STATEWIDE) - Unpublished Opinionsnjcourts.gov… PER CURIAM Defendant, Michael Mitchell, appeals from his jury trial convictions for attempted murder, aggravated … interrogation. The crimes were witnessed by a sheriff's officer and captured on video. Defendant raises numerous … VI and XIV; N.J. Const. art. I, ¶ 10. Trial judges have a duty to ensure that sworn jurors are able to fulfill their …
- A-5558-18 - STATE OF NEW JERSEY VS. MICHAEL MITCHELL (18-03-0293, PASSAIC COUNTY AND STATEWIDE) Opinionnjcourts.gov… PER CURIAM Defendant, Michael Mitchell, appeals from his jury trial convictions for attempted murder, aggravated … interrogation. The crimes were witnessed by a sheriff's officer and captured on video. Defendant raises numerous … VI and XIV; N.J. Const. art. I, ¶ 10. Trial judges have a duty to ensure that sworn jurors are able to fulfill their …
- STATE OF NEW JERSEY VS. EDGAR TORRES (12-09-1539, MONMOUTH COUNTY AND STATEWIDE) - Unpublished Opinionsnjcourts.gov… post-conviction relief (PCR) without a plenary hearing. A jury convicted defendant of three counts of first-degree … drop a toddler off and leave. At approximately 2:45 p.m., officers observed another woman, later identified as … investigation. Porter, 216 N.J. at 352-53. "[C]ounsel has a duty to make reasonable investigations or to make a …
- A-0505-17T1 Opinionnjcourts.gov… post-conviction relief (PCR) without a plenary hearing. A jury convicted defendant of three counts of first-degree … drop a toddler off and leave. At approximately 2:45 p.m., officers observed another woman, later identified as … investigation. Porter, 216 N.J. at 352-53. "[C]ounsel has a duty to make reasonable investigations or to make a …
- njcourts.gov… relevant to this dispute, Fedway operated its business in office buildings and warehouses in Kearny, which it leased … The judge dismissed Fedway's claims for breach of fiduciary duty (count four) and detrimental reliance (count five). The … motion judge pointed 22 A-0297-18T4 out, in this case, a jury would have to determine the applicable standard of care …
- A-0297-18T4 Opinionnjcourts.gov… relevant to this dispute, Fedway operated its business in office buildings and warehouses in Kearny, which it leased … The judge dismissed Fedway's claims for breach of fiduciary duty (count four) and detrimental reliance (count five). The … motion judge pointed 22 A-0297-18T4 out, in this case, a jury would have to determine the applicable standard of care …
- njcourts.gov… In July 2011, defendant's co-worker, Plainfield police officer Fernando Sanchez was dating K.C.1 One evening, K.C. … her apartment complex. K.C. believed defendant was still on duty at this time because he was in his police uniform, had … the trial, the recording of the incident was played for the jury, showing defendant requesting that K.C. expose her …
- njcourts.gov… In July 2011, defendant's co-worker, Plainfield police officer Fernando Sanchez was dating K.C.1 One evening, K.C. … her apartment complex. K.C. believed defendant was still on duty at this time because he was in his police uniform, had … the trial, the recording of the incident was played for the jury, showing defendant requesting that K.C. expose her …
- A-3694-15T4 Opinionnjcourts.gov… After a December 2011 drug-related shooting of two men, a jury convicted defendant James Harris of two counts of … OF A LAWFUL "PLAIN VIEW" SEARCH AND SEIZURE. JUST AS AN OFFICER MAY NOT PICK UP AND MOVE AN ITEM TO BRING IT INTO A … as set forth in the model jury charges, state: It is your duty, as jurors, to consult with one another and to …
- njcourts.gov… of Consumer Affairs (the Division) of the New Jersey Office of the Attorney General. All charitable organizations … breach of his or her professional duties and the injury to plaintiff. The court then found that plaintiffs … when an attorney's breach of [his or her] professional duty proximately causes a plaintiff's damages.'" Vastano v. …
- A-3482-23 – MERLIN'S KIDS, INC., ET AL. VS. KEVORK ADANAS PC (L-5586-23, ESSEX COUNTY AND STATEWIDE) Opinionnjcourts.gov… of Consumer Affairs (the Division) of the New Jersey Office of the Attorney General. All charitable organizations … breach of his or her professional duties and the injury to plaintiff. The court then found that plaintiffs … when an attorney's breach of [his or her] professional duty proximately causes a plaintiff's damages.'" Vastano v. …
- njcourts.gov… "must be assessed on the basis of the information that the officers disclosed, or had a duty to discover and to disclose, to the issuing …