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… Submitted December 14, 2020 – Decided Before Judges Currier and Gooden Brown. On appeal from the … County Prosecutor, attorney for respondent (Mario C. Formica, Deputy First Assistant Prosecutor, of counsel and … cocaine on three separate occasions to a confidential informant (CI) who "assisted the federal and state governments …
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… Submitted November 7, 2024 – Decided January 22, 2025 Before Judges Rose and Puglisi. On appeal from the Superior … 350 (2012). First, a "defendant must show that counsel's performance was deficient." Strickland, 466 U.S. at 687. A … "reasonably effective assistance," so an attorney's performance may not be attacked unless it was not "within the …
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… Submitted September 30, 2025 – Decided November 6, 2025 Before Judges Gilson and Firko. On appeal from the Superior … was ineffective at his sentencing following his guilty pleas. Because defendant failed to establish a prima facie … AGGRAVATING AND MITIGATING FACTORS, AS WELL AS RELEVANT INFORMATION, PERTAINING TO [] DEFENDANT'S CULPABILITIES, …
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… Defendant-Appellant. Submitted April 18, 2018 – Decided Before Judges Alvarez and Currier. On appeal from Superior … joint or constructive possession." The attorney did not inform him that he was guilty of the offense only if he had … but for counsels' errors, he would not have entered guilty pleas and would have insisted on going to trial. See State …
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… Submitted December 10, 2019 – Decided Before Judges Hoffman and Firko. On appeal from the Superior … procedurally barred. The PCR judge also reviewed the performance of plea counsel and found no evidence that … was constitutionally ineffective: first, that "counsel's performance was deficient," that is, "that counsel made errors …
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… Submitted December 10, 2019 – Decided Before Judges Hoffman and Firko. On appeal from the Superior … procedurally barred. The PCR judge also reviewed the performance of plea counsel and found no evidence that … was constitutionally ineffective: first, that "counsel's performance was deficient," that is, "that counsel made errors …
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… Defendant-Appellant. Submitted April 18, 2018 – Decided Before Judges Alvarez and Currier. On appeal from Superior … joint or constructive possession." The attorney did not inform him that he was guilty of the offense only if he had … but for counsels' errors, he would not have entered guilty pleas and would have insisted on going to trial. See State …
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… Submitted September 30, 2025 – Decided November 6, 2025 Before Judges Gilson and Firko. On appeal from the Superior … was ineffective at his sentencing following his guilty pleas. Because defendant failed to establish a prima facie … AGGRAVATING AND MITIGATING FACTORS, AS WELL AS RELEVANT INFORMATION, PERTAINING TO [] DEFENDANT'S CULPABILITIES, …
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… PERIOD DISPOSITION 39-01-00 CASE FILES 39-01-01 Intake Forms 2 Years Destroy 39-01-02 Complaint Records 2 years … regardless of race, gender, religion, age, national origin, sexual orientation, or physically / mentally challenged. …
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Administrative Directives
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… PERIOD DISPOSITION 39-01-00 CASE FILES 39-01-01 Intake Forms 2 Years Destroy 39-01-02 Complaint Records 2 years … regardless of race, gender, religion, age, national origin, sexual orientation, or physically / mentally challenged. …
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… Submitted March 16, 2017 - Decided Before Judges Lihotz and O'Connor. On appeal from Superior … (counts four and five); second-degree aggravated assault, N.J.S.A. 2C:12-1(b)(1) (count seven); third-degree … by a preponderance of the evidence, that (1) counsel performed deficiently, and made errors so serious that he or …
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… Submitted May 31, 2017 – Decided Before Judges Ostrer and Leone. On appeal from Superior Court … and charged with two counts of third-degree aggravated assault by committing simple assault on law enforcement … K.S. was decided. See Knight, 145 N.J. at 249 (describing forms of retroactivity). We must weigh three factors: "(1) …
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… Argued March 21, 2017 – Decided Before Judges Ostrer, Leone and Vernoia. On appeal from the … bailing E.A. out of jail, where he was held on charges of assaulting defendant, she abandoned the homemaker, and left … efforts to restore visitation. Meanwhile, the children formed strong bonds with the foster mother, who served as …
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… Argued March 21, 2017 – Decided Before Judges Ostrer, Leone and Vernoia. On appeal from the … bailing E.A. out of jail, where he was held on charges of assaulting defendant, she abandoned the homemaker, and left … efforts to restore visitation. Meanwhile, the children formed strong bonds with the foster mother, who served as …
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… Submitted March 16, 2017 - Decided Before Judges Lihotz and O'Connor. On appeal from Superior … (counts four and five); second-degree aggravated assault, N.J.S.A. 2C:12-1(b)(1) (count seven); third-degree … by a preponderance of the evidence, that (1) counsel performed deficiently, and made errors so serious that he or …
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… Submitted May 31, 2017 – Decided Before Judges Ostrer and Leone. On appeal from Superior Court … and charged with two counts of third-degree aggravated assault by committing simple assault on law enforcement … K.S. was decided. See Knight, 145 N.J. at 249 (describing forms of retroactivity). We must weigh three factors: "(1) …
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… Submitted January 4, 2021 – Decided April 15, 2021 Before Judges Suter and Smith. On appeal from the Superior … State defendants, alleging his civil commitment under the Sexually Violent Predator Act (SVPA), N.J.S.A. 30:4-27.24 to … PER N.J.S.A. 30:4-27.30b. POINT III THE DEFENDANTS WERE INFORMED THAT IF THEY FAIL TO ANSWER TO THE PLAINTIFF'S …
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… Submitted January 4, 2021 – Decided April 15, 2021 Before Judges Suter and Smith. On appeal from the Superior … State defendants, alleging his civil commitment under the Sexually Violent Predator Act (SVPA), N.J.S.A. 30:4-27.24 to … PER N.J.S.A. 30:4-27.30b. POINT III THE DEFENDANTS WERE INFORMED THAT IF THEY FAIL TO ANSWER TO THE PLAINTIFF'S …
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… 2022 I am currently a keyboarding clerk and I have worked for Municipal Court for four years, two of which have been … For example: First appearances are 9:00 a.m.; Not guilty pleas and pro-se are 9:30 a.m.; 10:30 a.m. is reserved for … court process to litigants. I know of the public defender form that is in Spanish and English. That is the only one. …
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A-41-23 Amicus Curiae Brief Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers of NJ
Briefs
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… Center Newark, New Jersey 07102 (973) 596-4500 Counsel for Amicus Curiae FILED, Clerk of the Supreme Court, 21 Oct … appropriate because this is a case measuring the performance of defense counsel, of which Amicus’s membership is … regarding the deportation consequences of his guilty pleas, id. at 446. The Appellate Division also stated that …