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A-1825-22 Briefs
Briefs
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… TABLE OF CONTENTS PAGE NOS. POINT IV EVEN IF ANY ONE OF THE COMPLAINED-OF ERRORS WOULD BE INSUFFICIENT TO WARRANT … Division, August 09, 2023, A-001825-22 iv JUDGMENTS, ORDERS AND RULINGS BEING APPEALED Final Jury Charge … Scozzafava opined that the stains on the shirt were “passive” “transfers,” which were not “airborne” stains, but …
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… I THE TRIAL COURT ERRED IN FAILING TO INSTRUCT THE JURY ON PASSION/PROVOCATION MANSLAUGHTER AS A LESSER-INCLUDED … to sift meticulously through the record in search of any combination of facts supporting a lesser-included charge." … his child's mother to the homicide that followed in short order. As a matter of fundamental fairness, because the …
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… argues plea counsel was ineffective because he failed to communicate with him adequately during plea negotiations, … disagree about the specific number of times plea counsel visited defendant while he was awaiting trial,2 there is no … advised the court that he had another trial set to begin in Passaic County in the very near future and expressed concern …
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… and YOLANDER D. BAKER and LIBERTY MUTUAL INSURANCE COMPANY, Defendants. Argued October 23, 2025 – Decided … M.D., who had treated her asthma and knee pain in the past. Notably, plaintiff stated Dr. Elamir had never treated … with "cervical and lumbar sprains and strains," and ordered x-rays and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) studies …
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… supervision for life, N.J.S.A. 2C:43-6.4. He was also ordered to comply with the provisions of Megan's Law, N.J.S.A. 2C:7-1 … North Carolina" about five years earlier that his son had passed away.5 Defendant later learned his son died by …
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… school's guidance counselor. C.W.'s fifth-grade homeroom teacher testified that on April 30, 2019, C.W. told her that … through a hole in his sweatpants . C.W. stated it felt "uncomfortable." Defendant told C.W. that he loved her more 7 … acts is not admissible to prove a person's disposition in order to show that on a particular occasion the person acted …
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… R. 1:36-3. 2 A-2509-22 PER CURIAM On February 14, 2014, a passing motorist spotted the dead body of Joyce Vanderhoff, … at 11:56 a.m., where experts concurred she had been deposited after she was killed at a different location. The … like that."1 Detectives provided defendant with a voucher for a new cell phone. No detectives who participated in …
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… 28, 2018, Babcock received a call from his security company advising that someone had broken into Wing King, … a change bag, which contained $168 in cash. Officer Daniel Pascal responded to Wing King a few minutes later to … of fact to understand the evidence. The "well-known prerequisites" to this rule are: 21 A-3125-22 "(1) the intended …
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… 1 NOT TO BE PUBLISHED WITHOUT THE APPROVAL OF THE COMMITTEE ON OPINIONS SUPERIOR COURT OF NEW JERSEY MERCER … causation opinion, the court relies on settled legal principles governing the admissibility of expert testimony, as well … fuel and the circumstances that brought the two together in order to determine the cause of the fire? A: Correct. …
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… And Is Substantially Lower At The Age That Defendant Will Complete A 5 A-3269-22 Midrange Sentence, The Goal Of … of the search warrant." The judge issued a memorializing order and written opinion on January 5, 2023.6 Our review of … estimated that about a minute or a minute and a half passed between the three suspected gunshots and the three …
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… A jury convicted defendant Laquan A. McCall of the lesser included offense of second-degree reckless … bar. While outside, Harvey received a call from Tanner to come and get Melara, who was highly intoxicated and causing … if he recklessly causes the death of another person. In order for you to find the defendant guilty of reckless …
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… VI THE COURT ERRED WHEN IT RULED ADMISSIBLE INCULPATORY COMMENTS MADE BY . . . DEFENDANT IN RESPONSE TO THE … when they 25 A-3549-19 occurred." Ibid. (citing State v. Scherzer, 301 N.J. Super. 363, 433 (App. Div. 1997)). … the characterization was grounded in evidence to discredit defendant's explanations for his behavior. While the …
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… or a motel room" and depicted a woman lying "on a floral comforter." According to Moreno, the woman had "[h]er eyes . … 2018, defendant searched for "hotels in Morris Plains," visited booking.com, and searched Google for the Parsippany … treatment but relapsed in August 2018, after her mother passed away unexpectedly. When she relapsed, K.M. was using …
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… Law Division, Monmouth County, Docket No. L-3887-21. Cherylee O. Melcher argued the cause for appellants (Hill … to a parishioner to whom the clergyman is providing pastoral counseling, to Hutler's "successful campaign to … of affirmative defense, which can 10 The rule is opposite for public employees. "A public entity is deemed 'not …
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… involved damage done to the offices of Neuhaus Realty, a company owned by defendant's maternal grandmother and … the trial court granted the State's motion in an order and accompanying written opinion issued on November … RESPONSE TO THE JURY’S REPORT THAT IT HAD BEEN AT AN IMPASSE FOR "A GOOD LENGTH OF TIME" AND THAT "IT SEEMS LIKE WE …
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… OF NEW JERSEY, Plaintiff-Respondent, v. JORGE M. RAMOS-COMPRES, Defendant-Appellant. Submitted December 11, 2024 – … appeal from the Superior Court of New Jersey, Law Division, Passaic County, Indictment No. 13-06-0607. Jennifer N. … No Early Release Act (NERA), N.J.S.A. 2C:43-7.2. The judge ordered the sentence on murder conviction to run consecutive …
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… A grand jury indicted and charged defendant with committing first-degree murder, N.J.S.A. 2C:11-3(a)(1) and … N.J. Super. 249, 273 (App. Div. 2003); accord State v. Fletcher, 380 N.J. Super. 80, 14 A-0407-16T4 92 (App. Div. … court shall, on defendant's motion or its own initiative, order the entry of a judgment of acquittal of one or more …
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… citizen" 4 A-4443-16T4 provided information in the past "that has resulted in more than a dozen arrests of … King Drive apartment building after receiving "numerous complaints from concerned citizens," and described his … the jury to improperly reach a verdict lacking the requisite unanimity to sustain his convictions. See State v. …
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… law, we are convinced that the cumulative effect of errors committed during the trial had the probable effect of … she selected during the procedure. In a written opinion and order, the court denied the request for a hearing, finding … INSTRUCTED THE JURY TO ONLY CONSIDER THE LESSER CHARGE OF PASSION/PROVOCATION MANSLAUGHTER IF IT FIRST ACQUITTED …
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… Marquise Hawkins, and Jaquill Waters decided to commit a robbery. The trio drove to pick up defendant, then … N.J.S.A. 2C:44-1(a)(5); (d) the extent of defendant's past criminal record and the 6 A-4782-16T4 seriousness of … a drug dealer greatly outweighed the potential value of discrediting Perry's credibility. Finally, defendant's counsel …