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- A-3174-21 – STATE OF NEW JERSEY VS. SHAROD C. SAUNDERS (17-03-0177, UNION COUNTY AND STATEWIDE) Opinionnjcourts.gov… Submitted February 28, 2024 – Decided April 2, 2024 Before Judges Susswein and Vanek. NOT FOR PUBLICATION WITHOUT … N.J.S.A. 2C:5-2(a)(1); and multiple counts of aggravated assault, eluding-related offenses, and weapons-related … At the outset of the plea hearing, defense counsel informed the court he met with defendant. They discussed the …
- njcourts.gov… Argued January 14, 2020 – Decided May 4, 2020 Before Judges Hoffman and Firko. On appeal from an … an indictment against defendant,1 charging him with sexual assault, in violation of N.J.S.A. 2C:14-29(b), and … K.W. (Karen), her older sister by two years. The parents informed them that if they ever experienced any sexual …
- A-0217-19T4 Opinionnjcourts.gov… Argued January 14, 2020 – Decided May 4, 2020 Before Judges Hoffman and Firko. On appeal from an … an indictment against defendant,1 charging him with sexual assault, in violation of N.J.S.A. 2C:14-29(b), and … K.W. (Karen), her older sister by two years. The parents informed them that if they ever experienced any sexual …
- njcourts.gov… Submitted November 19, 2024 – Decided December 26, 2024 Before Judges Chase and Vanek. On appeal from the Superior … from his jury trial conviction for first-degree aggravated sexual assault of a victim under thirteen years old , … included as a potential father, "the next step was to perform a statistical evaluation of the DNA profiles to …
- njcourts.gov… Submitted November 19, 2024 – Decided December 26, 2024 Before Judges Chase and Vanek. On appeal from the Superior … from his jury trial conviction for first-degree aggravated sexual assault of a victim under thirteen years old , … included as a potential father, "the next step was to perform a statistical evaluation of the DNA profiles to …
- njcourts.gov… Submitted April 26, 2021 – Decided May 18, 2021 Before Judges Sabatino and Gooden Brown. On appeal from the … was charged in a twenty-three-count indictment with sexual assault and related offenses involving five different … (citing Preciose, 129 N.J. at 459), that: (1) "counsel's performance was deficient"; and (2) "the deficient performance …
- A-3815-19 Opinionnjcourts.gov… Submitted April 26, 2021 – Decided May 18, 2021 Before Judges Sabatino and Gooden Brown. On appeal from the … was charged in a twenty-three-count indictment with sexual assault and related offenses involving five different … (citing Preciose, 129 N.J. at 459), that: (1) "counsel's performance was deficient"; and (2) "the deficient performance …
- STATE OF NEW JERSEY VS. JASON S. KOKINDA (08-09-1432, BERGEN COUNTY AND STATEWIDE) - Unpublished Opinionsnjcourts.gov… Submitted January 30, 2018 – Decided Before Judges Leone and Mawla. On appeal from Superior Court … se. Dennis Calo, Acting Bergen County Prosecutor, attorney for respondent (Annmarie Cozzi, Special Deputy Attorney … Force (CCTF) were conducting undercover investigations of sexual predators in internet chat rooms. On January 27, …
- A-2440-16T2 Opinionnjcourts.gov… Submitted January 30, 2018 – Decided Before Judges Leone and Mawla. On appeal from Superior Court … se. Dennis Calo, Acting Bergen County Prosecutor, attorney for respondent (Annmarie Cozzi, Special Deputy Attorney … Force (CCTF) were conducting undercover investigations of sexual predators in internet chat rooms. On January 27, …
- STATE OF NEW JERSEY VS. RAJEEM A. SCOTT (11-04-0648, ESSEX COUNTY AND STATEWIDE) - Unpublished Opinionsnjcourts.gov… Submitted June 21, 2016 – Decided Before Judges Espinosa and Kennedy. On appeal from the … charge of third- degree conspiracy to commit aggravated assault, N.J.S.A. 2C:5-2 and N.J.S.A. 2C:12-1(b)(7), … assistance of counsel because his attorney failed to inform him of the severity of the crime, the defenses …
- A-5624-13T3 Opinionnjcourts.gov… Submitted June 21, 2016 – Decided Before Judges Espinosa and Kennedy. On appeal from the … charge of third- degree conspiracy to commit aggravated assault, N.J.S.A. 2C:5-2 and N.J.S.A. 2C:12-1(b)(7), … assistance of counsel because his attorney failed to inform him of the severity of the crime, the defenses …
- STATE OF NEW JERSEY VS. ANSUMANI KAMARA (13-03-0707, OCEAN COUNTY AND STATEWIDE) - Unpublished Opinionsnjcourts.gov… Submitted March 18, 2024 – Decided April 12, 2024 Before Judges Mawla and Marczyk. On appeal from the Superior … 2C:39-5(b) (count five); and fourth-degree aggravated assault, N.J.S.A. 2C:12-1(b)(4) (counts six and seven). In … hearing to determine "whether plea counsel had sufficient information to trigger an investigation into defendant's …
- A-2272-21 – STATE OF NEW JERSEY VS. ANSUMANI KAMARA (13-03-0707, OCEAN COUNTY AND STATEWIDE) Opinionnjcourts.gov… Submitted March 18, 2024 – Decided April 12, 2024 Before Judges Mawla and Marczyk. On appeal from the Superior … 2C:39-5(b) (count five); and fourth-degree aggravated assault, N.J.S.A. 2C:12-1(b)(4) (counts six and seven). In … hearing to determine "whether plea counsel had sufficient information to trigger an investigation into defendant's …
- STATE OF NEW JERSEY VS. JEFFREY R. BUTLER (14-12-3862, CAMDEN COUNTY AND STATEWIDE) - Unpublished Opinionsnjcourts.gov… Submitted May 7, 2019 – Decided June 19, 2019 Before Judges Hoffman and Enright. On appeal from Superior … and his brother-in-law, D.M. On June 7, 2014, defendant assaulted D.M. with a metal pole upon learning that D.M. … (count five); second- degree tampering with witnesses and informants, N.J.S.A. 2C:28-5d and 2C:28- 5a(1) (count six); …
- A-1398-17T4 Opinionnjcourts.gov… Submitted May 7, 2019 – Decided June 19, 2019 Before Judges Hoffman and Enright. On appeal from Superior … and his brother-in-law, D.M. On June 7, 2014, defendant assaulted D.M. with a metal pole upon learning that D.M. … (count five); second- degree tampering with witnesses and informants, N.J.S.A. 2C:28-5d and 2C:28- 5a(1) (count six); …
- njcourts.gov… Argued April 18, 2018 – Decided July 3, 2019 Before Judges Alvarez, Nugent and Geiger. On appeal from the … 2 A-3043-15T3 Convicted by a jury for committing ten sexual offenses against three pre- teen children, a boy and … TRIAL. POINT II THE TRIAL COURT IMPROPERLY REDACTED ALL INFORMATION RELATED TO A PRIOR SEXUAL ENCOUNTER OF [ONE OF THE …
- A-3043-15T3 Opinionnjcourts.gov… Argued April 18, 2018 – Decided July 3, 2019 Before Judges Alvarez, Nugent and Geiger. On appeal from the … 2 A-3043-15T3 Convicted by a jury for committing ten sexual offenses against three pre- teen children, a boy and … TRIAL. POINT II THE TRIAL COURT IMPROPERLY REDACTED ALL INFORMATION RELATED TO A PRIOR SEXUAL ENCOUNTER OF [ONE OF THE …
- njcourts.gov… Submitted April 9, 2019 – Decided May 28, 2019 Before Judges Yannotti, Rothstadt and Gilson. On appeal from … before a jury and found guilty of first-degree aggravated sexual assault, contrary to N.J.S.A. 2C:14-2(a), and other … of a person in order to show that such person acted in conformity therein." N.J.R.E. 404(b). Other-crimes evidence is, …
- A-5701-16T1 Opinionnjcourts.gov… Submitted April 9, 2019 – Decided May 28, 2019 Before Judges Yannotti, Rothstadt and Gilson. On appeal from … before a jury and found guilty of first-degree aggravated sexual assault, contrary to N.J.S.A. 2C:14-2(a), and other … of a person in order to show that such person acted in conformity therein." N.J.R.E. 404(b). Other-crimes evidence is, …
- njcourts.gov… Submitted January 10, 2017 – Decided Before Judges Reisner and Sumners. On appeal from Superior … B.D.,Jr.1 guilty of committing first- degree aggravated sexual assault, N.J.S.A 2C:14-2(a), against his daughter, … and five years old. When she was six, defendant was performing oral sex on her, forcing her to perform oral sex on …