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… approval for disability retirement.” Pritchett filed a complaint alleging the State violated the New Jersey Law … in back pay; $472,639 in front pay; and $433,483 in future pension benefits. The next day, the court reconvened … 160 N.J. 221, 242-43 (1999))). To ensure that requisite relationship, the Appellate Division stated courts are …
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… were after her. She also reported auditory hallucinations commanding self-harm. Officers transported T.E. to the … rule that can sensibly, predictably, and fairly govern future conduct. To evaluate the relevant fairness and policy … days before her scheduled meeting with Martinez, T.E. visited DCPP offices to pick up a bus pass. According to a …
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… 2. In order for lay opinion testimony to satisfy the first component of N.J.R.E. 701, the witness must testify based on … that the defendant’s arrest photograph resembled a composite sketch prepared in a criminal investigation. Noting … identify the defendant in the photograph. The State refutes defendant’s claim that he would be placed in an …
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… writing for the Court. These consolidated appeals present a common legal issue: whether state or federal constitutional … this Court. 9 In a joint brief, defendants take the opposite view. Defendants argue that the 2007 amendment to … consequences as eliminating an offender’s opportunity for future parole and placing offenders “in the legal custody of …
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… court issued a written opinion, stating that Smith would be compelled to testify at trial and that if she refused to … overturned both convictions because the prosecutor’s unsupported opening statement that Greene had confessed to his … Smith recounted that several days earlier, Greene had visited her. According to Smith, her grandson, while sobbing, …
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… report indicated that S.T.’s “[m]easures of verbal comprehension . . . suggest[ed] a superior level of … by clear and convincing evidence that S.T. lacked the requisite mental capacity to decide how to proceed with her … that a remand for a competency hearing would likely be a futile effort because of “the mountain of evidence of …
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… consecutively and that certain sentences arising from crimes committed in the same criminal episodes should run … kidnapping charges. Defendant contends that the evidence supported second-degree kidnapping charges regarding the …
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… and drug addict who would “disappear for days at times.” Later, Bordamonte learned that Katie’s husband had … further pointed to other investigatory failings or shortcomings, citing as “shocking” the failure to interview … discovery “look-back” analysis for alternative reasoning to support admission of already-seized evidence is a poor fit …
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… test, the Court considers whether its admission was accompanied by a sufficient limiting instruction. Immediately … the abuse during a court appearance to settle child support issues in May 2011, after which the police took … Joan. Although defendant relies on J.M., that case is inapposite. In J.M., supra, we held that a witness’s testimony …
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… encountered only when the jacket was placed on him. That combination of features renders the showup impermissibly … the indicia of reliability set forth in Manson do not support the reliability necessary to permit the admission of … of the reliability of an identification; for purposes of complying with constitutional due process requirements, a …
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… sexual contact with a minor to whom he is related, has committed a “sole sex offense” within the scope of the … certification to the Superior Court, Appellate Division. James H. Maynard argued the cause for appellant N.B. (Maynard … Division affirmed, finding clear and convincing evidence to support the trial court’s determinations with respect to the …
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… NOT FOR PUBLICATION WITHOUT THE APPROVAL OF THE TAX COURT COMMITTEE ON OPINIONS June 2, 2017 Michael Ash, Esq. … concludes that plaintiff has not carried the requisite burden, dismissal of the action is warranted under R. … property that is physically possible, appropriately supported, financially feasible, and that results in the …
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… aware of facts constituting probable cause that defendant committed the offense but instead told her repeatedly they … factual findings of the trial court if those findings are supported by sufficient credible evidence in the record." … "essence of the charges." In that case, police officers visited the defendant in prison and asked to question him …
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… After the jury returned a verdict of $1.5 million in compensatory damages, and $1.7 million in punitive damages, defendant again argued, this time in support of a new trial motion, that mentioning the alleged … CHARGE, ALLOWING THEM TO DECIDE HOW LONG INTO THE FUTURE THE INJURIES ARE REASONABLY LIKELY TO LAST. EVEN …
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… dispute. Jamell Scott and James Russell2 were charged as accomplices in that murder. In Indictment 09-01-0109, the … Lakewood. Prior to that day, a defense investigator had visited a different address listed for Granados in the … of the trial. Id. at 432. We rejected the PCR court's unsupported conclusion that the trial judge was not aware of …
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… (2017), applying those constitutional principles. Defendant committed felony murder as a seventeen-year-old juvenile in … him with a home if he were released, as well as other supportive relatives. Following Miller v. Alabama and other … while still giving defendant a meaningful opportunity for future release. The State opposes these arguments, arguing …
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… the trial court to conduct a second resentencing to comport with the Eighth Amendment of the United States … upon release, counsel said that Zuber had strong family support and that his brother had agreed to give him a place … allow for Zuber's immediate release or release in the near future. The State asserted that while Zuber showed remorse …
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… INTRODUCTION OF EXPERT TESTIMONY REGARDING CHILD SEXUAL ACCOMMODATION SYNDROME WAS BASED ON UNRELIABLE SCIENCE. THE … SENTENCING COURT PENALIZED G.L. FOR ACTS EXCEEDING THE CRIMES FOR WHICH HE WAS CONVICTED, AND FAILED TO CONSIDER … fifth element "retraction" related to children feeling unsupported after their disclosure which sometimes causes them …
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… A-5319-15T2 STATE OF NEW JERSEY, Plaintiff-Respondent, v. JAMES RUSSELL, Defendant-Appellant. _________________________ … Russell and Scott conspired with Baker and acted as his accomplices. We recounted the underlying facts in our … "As a mentor, [he] offer[s] friendship, guidance, and support to the male participants." He has served as both an …
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… After a 2007 trial, a jury found defendant guilty, as an accomplice, of purposeful murder of Charles Mosley. The … renew his request to represent himself. In a certification supporting his PCR petition, defendant asserted, "The Court … counsel that he saw Graves at Mosley's property many times, but counsel refused to speak to him. The witness said …