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… OF NEW JERSEY APPELLATE DIVISION DOCKET NO. A-1855-17T3 STATE OF NEW JERSEY, Plaintiff-Respondent, v. SHANNON M. … limited. R. 1:36-3. April 16, 2019 2 A-1855-17T3 On April 30, 2013, defendant Shannon M. Sidorek was indicted by a … 1 An "open plea" is a plea "that d[oes] not include a recommendation from the State, nor a prior indication from the …
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… OF NEW JERSEY APPELLATE DIVISION DOCKET NO. A-0521-15T4 STATE OF NEW JERSEY, Plaintiff-Respondent, v. TULIO R. MENA, … resentencing. State v. Mena, No. A- 6270-08 (App. Div. June 30, 2011) (slip op. at 5).1 We detailed the facts underlying … Id. at 5. The trial judge expressed dismay with the comment, asserting that it was improper for an opening …
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… COURT OF NEW JERSEY APPELLATE DIVISION DOCKET NO. A-2392-21 STATE OF NEW JERSEY IN THE INTEREST OF W.C., a juvenile. … limited. R. 1:36-3. 2 A-2392-21 juvenile, outside a housing complex in Jersey City. Having considered the record in … The State presented the testimony of Jersey City Police Officer Jesse O'Brien, a six-and-one-half-year veteran of …
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… COURT OF NEW JERSEY APPELLATE DIVISION DOCKET NO. A-3512-19 STATE OF NEW JERSEY, Plaintiff-Respondent, v. MIGUEL TORRES, … States citizen. Defendant had been born in Colombia, had come to the United States with his parents as a child, and … may be deported. See State v. Blake, 444 N.J. Super. 285, 300 (App. Div. 2016). Because such advice is a prediction of …
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… COURT OF NEW JERSEY APPELLATE DIVISION DOCKET NO. A-0258-23 STATE OF NEW JERSEY, Plaintiff-Respondent, v. OLUTONKUN … EFUNNUGA, Defendant-Appellant. Submitted September 30, 2024—Decided October 8, 2024 Before Judges Sabatino and … armed robbery. In exchange, the State agreed to recommend that defendant be sentenced as a second-degree …
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… OF NEW JERSEY APPELLATE DIVISION DOCKET NO. A-2049-15T2 STATE OF NEW JERSEY, Plaintiff-Respondent, v. TORELL BROWN, … A FAIR TRIAL. (Not raised below). POINT II THE PROSECUTOR’S COMMENT DURING SUMMATION REGARDING DEFENDANT’S FAILURE TO … detection[.]" Ibid. (citing Berry, supra, 140 N.J. at 301-02 and State v. Nesbitt, 185 N.J. 504, 515 (2016)). …
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… COURT OF NEW JERSEY APPELLATE DIVISION DOCKET NO. A-3384-22 STATE OF NEW JERSEY, Plaintiff-Respondent, v. FERDINAND C. … Atlantic County Prosecutor's Office [(ACPO)] made public complaints against the ACPO and specifically, Prosecutor … or by certification of the purported authors." On November 30, 2018, the trial court denied defendant's motion to take …
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… OF NEW JERSEY APPELLATE DIVISION DOCKET NO. A-4212-16T4 STATE OF NEW JERSEY, Plaintiff-Respondent, v. ANTHONY BAULO, … inform the judge that the pre-trial sentence report listed offenses that were committed by his cousin, who has the same name. Judge Leath …
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… OF NEW JERSEY APPELLATE DIVISION DOCKET NO. A-4734-15T2 STATE OF NEW JERSEY, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. NICHOLAS D. … By our leave granted, the Monmouth County Prosecutor's Office (MCPO) appeals from the April 15, 2016 order entered … motion of defendant Nicholas D. Sokolovski to consolidate complaints pending in two municipal courts. Defendant was …
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… COURT OF NEW JERSEY APPELLATE DIVISION DOCKET NO. A-3195-21 STATE OF NEW JERSEY, Plaintiff-Respondent, v. ROBERTO … contentions: POINT I GIVEN THE LACK OF EVIDENCE OF A COMPLETED ROBBERY OR A KIDNAPPING OF A SUBSTANTIAL DISTANCE … (emphasis omitted) (quoting Jackson v. Virginia, 443 U.S. 307, 319 (1979)). A. The Robbery, Kidnapping, and Felony …
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… COURT OF NEW JERSEY APPELLATE DIVISION DOCKET NO. A-2091-20 STATE OF NEW JERSEY, Plaintiff-Respondent, v. ALI SADDIE … ________________________ Submitted January 30, 2023 — Decided February 7, 2023 Before Judges Mawla and … facts were detailed in the motion judge's written opinion accompanying the February 2020 order. To summarize, in 1989, a …
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… OF NEW JERSEY APPELLATE DIVISION DOCKET NO. A-2375-16T4 STATE OF NEW JERSEY, Plaintiff-Respondent, v. W.M., … to N.J.S.A. 2C:47- 3. Defendant was also sentenced to community supervision for life, N.J.S.A. 2C:43-6.4, and … under the Sexually Violent Predator Act (SVPA), N.J.S.A. 30:4-27.24 to -27.38, and currently remains confined. On …
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… COURT OF NEW JERSEY APPELLATE DIVISION DOCKET NO. A-2983-22 STATE OF NEW JERSEY, Plaintiff-Respondent, v. RICKY JEAN, … and the back of a vehicle when the New Jersey Motor Vehicle Commission (MVC) has issued two license plates to the owner … the motor-vehicle offense." State v. Williamson, 138 N.J. 302, 304 (1994); see also State v. Sutherland, 231 N.J. 429, …
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… COURT OF NEW JERSEY APPELLATE DIVISION DOCKET NO. A-3360-23 STATE OF NEW JERSEY, Plaintiff-Respondent, v. PETER JAMES, … to determine defendant's sanity at the time of the offense based upon his medical history and failure to take … nor have I dealt with that in-house regarding any sort of competency issue. During my interviewing [and] meeting with …
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… OF NEW JERSEY APPELLATE DIVISION DOCKET NO. A-4499-15T1 STATE OF NEW JERSEY, Plaintiff-Respondent, v. EDWARD HELMES, … of DWI, but found defendant not guilty of the remaining offenses based on his determination they were "part and parcel" of defendant's commission of the DWI offense.1 Defendant was sentenced to a …
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… OF NEW JERSEY APPELLATE DIVISION DOCKET NO. A-5191-14T1 STATE OF NEW JERSEY, Plaintiff-Respondent, v. ANTOINE … counsel, a reasonable probability existed that the outcome of the appeal would have been different. Defendant … trial counsel failed to communicate the defendant's plea offer to the State;" (2) "trial counsel provided a generic …
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… OF NEW JERSEY APPELLATE DIVISION DOCKET NO. A-3589-16T3 STATE OF NEW JERSEY, Plaintiff-Respondent, v. LEON NELSON, … an expert retained to opine in that regard could not offer an opinion helpful to defendant. Notwithstanding, the … hearing on three of his assertions, namely: A. Failure to Communicate and Investigate. B. Failure to Call [the First …
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… APPELLATE DIVISION DOCKET NO. A-4552-14T1 A-0593-16T2 STATE OF NEW JERSEY, Plaintiff-Respondent/ Cross-Appellant, … in part, memorializing its decision in an order and accompanying memorandum. Following the court's decision, the … sweater, and dark sunglasses. Two weeks later, on December 30, 2012, Detective Tierney was assigned to investigate a …
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… Decided Before Judges Fisher and Ostrer. On appeal from the State Department of Education, Docket No. 94-5/13. Melissa … S. Porrino, Attorney General, attorney for respondent Commissioner of Education (Beth N. Shore, Deputy Attorney … result, inasmuch as the Board apparently was no more aware than petitioner was of the certificate requirement when it …
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… OF NEW JERSEY APPELLATE DIVISION DOCKET NO. A-0372-16T3 STATE OF NEW JERSEY, Plaintiff-Respondent, v. RAMON … by finding his former counsel's testimony more credible than his, and defendant maintains that his former counsel … was entered prior to Padilla v. Kentucky, 559 U.S. 356, 130 S. Ct. 1473, 176 L. Ed. 2d 284 (2010), only negligent …