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… Submitted March 2, 2020 – Decided March 12, 2020 Before Judges Messano and Vernoia. On appeal from the New … In the handwritten Adjudication of Disciplinary Charge form completed by the hearing officer, she indicated the … that in 2016, DOC officers at South Woods threatened to assault him, and, as a result, he "was in fear for [his] …
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… Submitted January 11, 2021 – Decided Before Judges Gooden Brown and DeAlmeida. On appeal from the … N.J.S.A. 2C:11-3(a)(1) and (2); fourth-degree aggravated assault, N.J.S.A. 2C:12-1(b)(4); unlawful possession of a … in Miller and related cases, suggests he could not have formed the necessary mens rea for first-degree murder. "The …
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… telephonically April 1, 2020 — Decided April 30, 2020 Before Judges Whipple and Mawla. On appeal from the Superior … illegal anabolic steroids and testosterone in powder form, packaged in clear plastic bags and packed within two … drug offense. (10) Whether or not the crime is of an assaultive or violent nature, whether in the criminal act …
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… Submitted March 2, 2020 – Decided March 12, 2020 Before Judges Messano and Vernoia. On appeal from the New … In the handwritten Adjudication of Disciplinary Charge form completed by the hearing officer, she indicated the … that in 2016, DOC officers at South Woods threatened to assault him, and, as a result, he "was in fear for [his] …
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… Submitted January 11, 2021 – Decided Before Judges Gooden Brown and DeAlmeida. On appeal from the … N.J.S.A. 2C:11-3(a)(1) and (2); fourth-degree aggravated assault, N.J.S.A. 2C:12-1(b)(4); unlawful possession of a … in Miller and related cases, suggests he could not have formed the necessary mens rea for first-degree murder. "The …
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… Submitted December 14, 2020 – Decided Before Judges Rothstadt and Susswein. On appeal from the … County Prosecutor, attorney for respondent (Mario C. Formica, Deputy First Assistant Prosecutor, of counsel and … officers and three counts of second-degree aggravated assault of those officers. At trial, the State presented …
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… Defendant-Appellant. Submitted March 21, 2018 – Decided Before Judges Alvarez and Currier. On appeal from Superior … a defendant must demonstrate not only that counsel's performance was deficient, but the manner in which the alleged … affording defendant the opportunity to explore the information upon which the judge relied. After the limited …
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… Defendant-Appellant. Submitted March 21, 2018 – Decided Before Judges Alvarez and Currier. On appeal from Superior … a defendant must demonstrate not only that counsel's performance was deficient, but the manner in which the alleged … affording defendant the opportunity to explore the information upon which the judge relied. After the limited …
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2C:12-1d
Charges Document PDF
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… Approved 4/6/09 Page 1 of 6 ASSAULT UPON THE INSTITUTIONALIZED ELDERLY (N.J.S.A. … elderly person... is guilty of a crime.1 In order for you to convict the defendant of this offense, the State … or recklessly causes bodily injury to another. In order for you to find the defendant committed a simple assault, …
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… Submitted May 4, 2020 – Decided May 18, 2020 Before Judges Fasciale and Mitterhoff. On appeal from the … 12-03-0490. Joseph E. Krakora, Public Defender, attorney for appellant (Durrell Wachtler Ciccia, Designated Counsel, … a defendant must demonstrate not only that counsel's performance was deficient, but also that the deficiency …
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… Submitted May 4, 2020 – Decided May 18, 2020 Before Judges Fasciale and Mitterhoff. On appeal from the … 12-03-0490. Joseph E. Krakora, Public Defender, attorney for appellant (Durrell Wachtler Ciccia, Designated Counsel, … a defendant must demonstrate not only that counsel's performance was deficient, but also that the deficiency …
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… Submitted January 19, 2023 – Decided May 18, 2023 Before Judges Accurso, Vernoia, and Firko. On appeal from the … N.J.S.A. 2C:29-2(b) (count two); second-degree aggravated assault, N.J.S.A. 2C:12-1(b)(6) (count three); and … 9-1-1 call, which was played for the jury, the neighbor informed the operator that a "tall black guy," "in a black …
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… Submitted January 19, 2023 – Decided May 18, 2023 Before Judges Accurso, Vernoia, and Firko. On appeal from the … N.J.S.A. 2C:29-2(b) (count two); second-degree aggravated assault, N.J.S.A. 2C:12-1(b)(6) (count three); and … 9-1-1 call, which was played for the jury, the neighbor informed the operator that a "tall black guy," "in a black …
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… Argued May 6, 2020 – Decided May 14, 2021 Before Judges Fuentes, Haas, and Mayer. On appeal from the … to be without any signs of life. At that point . . . we performed a pronouncement time of death for her. East Orange … evolved into a "dating relationship" and eventually a "sexual relationship." He described May as an 15 A-1010-17 …
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… Argued May 6, 2020 – Decided May 14, 2021 Before Judges Fuentes, Haas, and Mayer. On appeal from the … to be without any signs of life. At that point . . . we performed a pronouncement time of death for her. East Orange … evolved into a "dating relationship" and eventually a "sexual relationship." He described May as an 15 A-1010-17 …
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… (2) the defendant did so purposely or knowingly. In order for you to find the defendant guilty of murder, the State is … jurors do not have to agree unanimously concerning which form of murder is present so long as all believe that it was one form of murder or the other. However, for a defendant to be …
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… the Court. It has been prepared by the Office of the Clerk for the convenience of the reader. It has been neither reviewed nor approved by the Supreme Court. Please note that, in the interest of brevity, portions of … the defendant’s life and characteristics. To promote uniformity in sentencing, the Legislature replaced the …
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… Submitted March 5, 2025 – Decided May 21, 2025 Before Judges Jacobs and Jablonski. On appeal from the … by the Sixth Amendment," and (2) "the deficient performance prejudiced the defense." Strickland v. Washington, … U.S. at 689. Thus, we must consider whether counsel's performance fell below an objective standard of reasonableness. …
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… the Court. It has been prepared by the Office of the Clerk for the convenience of the reader. It has been neither reviewed nor approved by the Supreme Court. Please note that, in the interest of brevity, portions of … the defendant’s life and characteristics. To promote uniformity in sentencing, the Legislature replaced the …
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… Submitted March 5, 2025 – Decided May 21, 2025 Before Judges Jacobs and Jablonski. On appeal from the … by the Sixth Amendment," and (2) "the deficient performance prejudiced the defense." Strickland v. Washington, … U.S. at 689. Thus, we must consider whether counsel's performance fell below an objective standard of reasonableness. …