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… RECORD IMPOUNDED NOT FOR PUBLICATION WITHOUT THE APPROVAL OF THE APPELLATE … arson, N.J.S.A. 2C:17-1(a)(2); third-degree aggravated assault, N.J.S.A. 2C:12- 1(b)(8); and third-degree hindering … trial will be adversely affected. [Id. at 430 (citations reformatted).] II. Defendant's Competency Evaluations Dena …
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… Submitted January 16, 2025 – Decided June 9, 2025 Before Judges Mawla and Natali. On appeal from an … when he lost three leave days "for not reporting [an] assault 3 A-2062-23 by his ex-girlfriend[,] which occurred … . . . health questionnaire[,] . . . suicide prevention forms, . . . prisoner property form, fingerprint card, …
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… Argued April 30, 2024 – Decided May 15, 2024 Before Judges Mayer and Augostini. On appeal from the Superior … Appeal No. 22-0015. Evan M. Levow argued the cause for appellant (Levow DWI Law, PC, attorneys; Evan M. Levow, … General/Acting Assistant Prosecutor, argued the cause for respondent (Theodore N. Stephens, II, Acting Essex …
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… Submitted December 6, 2018 – Decided Before Judges O'Connor and Whipple. On appeal from Superior … defendant's renewed assertion his trial counsel did not inform him of the 4 A-5592-16T1 immigration consequences of … The standard for determining whether counsel's performance was ineffective for purposes of the Sixth Amendment …
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… Submitted June 17, 2020 – Decided July 21, 2020 Before Judges Koblitz and Gilson. On appeal from the Superior … 12-11- 0748. Joseph E. Krakora, Public Defender, attorney for appellant (David J. Reich, Designated Counsel, on the … alcohol and had bloodshot eyes. Defendant was asked to perform sobriety tests, which he failed. The officer was also …
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… Submitted April 19, 2021 – Decided May 19, 2021 Before Judges Hoffman and Smith. On appeal from the Superior … se. Bradley D. Billhimer, Ocean County Prosecutor, attorney for respondent (Samuel Marzarella, Chief Appellate Attorney, … of counsel prior to trial in 2011, asserts no evidence or information that could not have been discovered earlier …
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… Submitted May 22, 2018 – Decided June 22, 2018 Before Judges Fasciale and Moynihan. On appeal from Superior … 04-06-0741. Joseph E. Krakora, Public Defender, attorney for appellant (Kevin G. Byrnes, Designated Counsel, on the … at 58. Second, a defendant "must show that the deficient performance prejudiced the defense." Strickland, 466 U.S. at …
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… Submitted May 16, 2018 – Decided June 6, 2018 Before Judges Koblitz and Suter. On appeal from Superior Court … No. 10-01-0022. Wilentz, Goldman and Spitzer, PA, attorneys for appellant (Darren M. Gelber, of counsel and on the … Strickland test, a "defendant must show that counsel's performance was deficient." Strickland, 466 U.S. at 687. Under …
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… Argued November 27, 2017 - Decided Before Judges Accurso and O'Connor. On appeal from the Board … advised Zajkowski it would at a future meeting "consider information from [his] former employer" that he was required to forfeit his former …
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… Submitted October 11, 2017 – Decided Before Judges Fuentes and Koblitz. On appeal from Superior … POST- CONVICTION RELIEF. New Jersey courts follow the rule formulated by the United States Supreme Court in Strickland … 82 N.J. 392, 402 (1980)). "The quality of counsel's performance cannot be fairly assessed by focusing on a handful …
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… Submitted August 8, 2017 – Decided Before Judges Sabatino and Whipple. On appeal from Superior … THE EFFECT EACH WOULD HAVE ON THE SENTENCE TO BE SERVED, PERFORMANCE OF TRIAL COUNSEL WAS INEFFECTIVE. POINT II. BECAUSE … 42, 58 (l987)). Defendant must first prove counsel's performance was deficient, and he or she made errors that were …
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… Submitted March 28, 2017 – Decided Before Judges Reisner and Sumners. On appeal from Superior … Municipal Appeal No. 8-15. Bruce K. Warren, attorney for appellant. Jennifer Webb-McRae, Cumberland County Prosecutor, attorney for respondent (Elizabeth K. Tornese, Assistant Prosecutor, …
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… Submitted December 6, 2018 – Decided Before Judges O'Connor and Whipple. On appeal from Superior … defendant's renewed assertion his trial counsel did not inform him of the 4 A-5592-16T1 immigration consequences of … The standard for determining whether counsel's performance was ineffective for purposes of the Sixth Amendment …
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… Submitted June 17, 2020 – Decided July 21, 2020 Before Judges Koblitz and Gilson. On appeal from the Superior … 12-11- 0748. Joseph E. Krakora, Public Defender, attorney for appellant (David J. Reich, Designated Counsel, on the … alcohol and had bloodshot eyes. Defendant was asked to perform sobriety tests, which he failed. The officer was also …
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… Submitted August 8, 2017 – Decided Before Judges Sabatino and Whipple. On appeal from Superior … THE EFFECT EACH WOULD HAVE ON THE SENTENCE TO BE SERVED, PERFORMANCE OF TRIAL COUNSEL WAS INEFFECTIVE. POINT II. BECAUSE … 42, 58 (l987)). Defendant must first prove counsel's performance was deficient, and he or she made errors that were …
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… Submitted April 19, 2021 – Decided May 19, 2021 Before Judges Hoffman and Smith. On appeal from the Superior … se. Bradley D. Billhimer, Ocean County Prosecutor, attorney for respondent (Samuel Marzarella, Chief Appellate Attorney, … of counsel prior to trial in 2011, asserts no evidence or information that could not have been discovered earlier …
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… Submitted October 11, 2017 – Decided Before Judges Fuentes and Koblitz. On appeal from Superior … POST- CONVICTION RELIEF. New Jersey courts follow the rule formulated by the United States Supreme Court in Strickland … 82 N.J. 392, 402 (1980)). "The quality of counsel's performance cannot be fairly assessed by focusing on a handful …
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… Submitted March 28, 2017 – Decided Before Judges Reisner and Sumners. On appeal from Superior … Municipal Appeal No. 8-15. Bruce K. Warren, attorney for appellant. Jennifer Webb-McRae, Cumberland County Prosecutor, attorney for respondent (Elizabeth K. Tornese, Assistant Prosecutor, …
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… Submitted May 22, 2018 – Decided June 22, 2018 Before Judges Fasciale and Moynihan. On appeal from Superior … 04-06-0741. Joseph E. Krakora, Public Defender, attorney for appellant (Kevin G. Byrnes, Designated Counsel, on the … at 58. Second, a defendant "must show that the deficient performance prejudiced the defense." Strickland, 466 U.S. at …
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… Submitted May 16, 2018 – Decided June 6, 2018 Before Judges Koblitz and Suter. On appeal from Superior Court … No. 10-01-0022. Wilentz, Goldman and Spitzer, PA, attorneys for appellant (Darren M. Gelber, of counsel and on the … Strickland test, a "defendant must show that counsel's performance was deficient." Strickland, 466 U.S. at 687. Under …