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- STATE OF NEW JERSEY VS. GORDON ODIRA (MA-14-2021, MIDDLESEX COUNTY AND STATEWIDE) - Unpublished Opinionsnjcourts.gov… CURIAM Defendant, Gordon Odira, seeks to vacate his guilty plea convictions for driving while intoxicated (DWI), … for post-conviction relief (PCR) almost two years after pleading guilty. That petition was denied by the municipal court judge who had taken the guilty pleas and imposed the sentence. Defendant subsequently …
- njcourts.gov… three). On November 15, 2010, pursuant to a negotiated plea agreement, defendant pled guilty to count two, as … dismiss the remaining counts of the indictment. During the plea proceeding, defendant testified he was pleading guilty of his own free will, he was satisfied with …
- njcourts.gov… The former and latter convictions were based upon guilty pleas. None of the convictions were appealed nor challenged … him that he would not be deported due to entering guilty pleas. In denying relief without an evidentiary hearing, the … conviction because he indicated "Yes" to question 17 of his plea form, which asked: "Do you understand that if you are …
- A-0713-16T1 Opinionnjcourts.gov… The former and latter convictions were based upon guilty pleas. None of the convictions were appealed nor challenged … him that he would not be deported due to entering guilty pleas. In denying relief without an evidentiary hearing, the … conviction because he indicated "Yes" to question 17 of his plea form, which asked: "Do you understand that if you are …
- A-5364-15T4 Opinionnjcourts.gov… three). On November 15, 2010, pursuant to a negotiated plea agreement, defendant pled guilty to count two, as … dismiss the remaining counts of the indictment. During the plea proceeding, defendant testified he was pleading guilty of his own free will, he was satisfied with …
- A-3012-21 – STATE OF NEW JERSEY VS. GORDON ODIRA (MA-14-2021, MIDDLESEX COUNTY AND STATEWIDE) Opinionnjcourts.gov… CURIAM Defendant, Gordon Odira, seeks to vacate his guilty plea convictions for driving while intoxicated (DWI), … for post-conviction relief (PCR) almost two years after pleading guilty. That petition was denied by the municipal court judge who had taken the guilty pleas and imposed the sentence. Defendant subsequently …
- STATE OF NEW JERSEY VS. QUANTIS L. GOODE (07-10-3549, ESSEX COUNTY AND STATEWIDE) - Unpublished Opinionsnjcourts.gov… the advice of counsel, both had also allegedly rejected a plea offer involving a maximum sentence of fourteen years in … he originally wished to take the State's fourteen-year plea offer. However, he claimed his attorney stated the … in these circumstances, where the difference between pleading guilty prior to trial and being found guilty at …
- njcourts.gov… ineffective assistance of counsel and vacated defendant's plea. We reverse. The following facts are taken from the … State's final offer on the record, namely, defendant would plead guilty to the second-degree endangering the welfare of … Defendant stated she wished to accept the State's offer and plead guilty. However, the trial judge granted defendant a …
- A-3508-19 Opinionnjcourts.gov… the advice of counsel, both had also allegedly rejected a plea offer involving a maximum sentence of fourteen years in … he originally wished to take the State's fourteen-year plea offer. However, he claimed his attorney stated the … in these circumstances, where the difference between pleading guilty prior to trial and being found guilty at …
- A-0460-17T4 Opinionnjcourts.gov… ineffective assistance of counsel and vacated defendant's plea. We reverse. The following facts are taken from the … State's final offer on the record, namely, defendant would plead guilty to the second-degree endangering the welfare of … Defendant stated she wished to accept the State's offer and plead guilty. However, the trial judge granted defendant a …
- STATE OF NEW JERSEY VS. BARRINGTON MCCAIN (93-09-0474, MIDDLESEX COUNTY AND STATEWIDE) - Unpublished Opinionsnjcourts.gov… hearing, filed twenty-eight years after his guilty plea and conviction. Based upon our careful review of the … At this point, minimal documentation exists consisting of a plea form, supplemental plea form, order of commitment, waiver of indictment, …
- A-1248-22 – STATE OF NEW JERSEY VS. BARRINGTON MCCAIN (93-09-0474, MIDDLESEX COUNTY AND STATEWIDE) Opinionnjcourts.gov… hearing, filed twenty-eight years after his guilty plea and conviction. Based upon our careful review of the … At this point, minimal documentation exists consisting of a plea form, supplemental plea form, order of commitment, waiver of indictment, …
- njcourts.gov… around jail credits he received following his guilty pleas to three separate indictments. On April 17, 2017, … under Indictment No. 17-06-0982. In exchange for the plea, the State agreed to resolve all three of his … defendant was sentenced in accordance with the November 3 plea agreement. He was awarded eight days jail credit on the …
- STATE OF NEW JERSEY VS. JEROD K. WISE (10-05-1273, ESSEX COUNTY AND STATEWIDE) - Unpublished Opinionsnjcourts.gov… manslaughter as a defense, was ineffective during plea negotiations and provided incorrect advice regarding … The memorandum also stated, however, that there was no plea offer by the State.1 In an oral opinion, the PCR judge, … certification further stated that he rejected the State's plea offer of eighteen years, subject to NERA, on the advice …
- A-4414-19 Opinionnjcourts.gov… around jail credits he received following his guilty pleas to three separate indictments. On April 17, 2017, … under Indictment No. 17-06-0982. In exchange for the plea, the State agreed to resolve all three of his … defendant was sentenced in accordance with the November 3 plea agreement. He was awarded eight days jail credit on the …
- A-0426-16T2 Opinionnjcourts.gov… manslaughter as a defense, was ineffective during plea negotiations and provided incorrect advice regarding … The memorandum also stated, however, that there was no plea offer by the State.1 In an oral opinion, the PCR judge, … certification further stated that he rejected the State's plea offer of eighteen years, subject to NERA, on the advice …
- STATE OF NEW JERSEY VS. ZAINABU SILLAH (2022-13, MERCER COUNTY AND STATEWIDE) - Unpublished Opinionsnjcourts.gov… Law Division, defendant alleged ineffective assistance of plea counsel in connection with her February 2018 plea and conviction in Lawrence Township Municipal Court for … while intoxicated (DWI), N.J.S.A. 39:4-50. She claims plea counsel failed to fully advise her of available …
- STATE OF NEW JERSEY VS. ZABDIEL VARGAS (17-11-0256, ESSEX COUNTY AND STATEWIDE) - Unpublished Opinionsnjcourts.gov… on a public street in Newark. Defendant subsequently pleaded guilty to first-degree aggravated manslaughter, … another indictment. 3 A-3008-20 During his November 2017 plea colloquy before Judge Wigler, defendant testified he was satisfied with plea counsel's services, had enough time to discuss his case …
- STATE OF NEW JERSEY VS. CHRISTIAN G. RIVERA (12-10-1056, MORRIS COUNTY AND STATEWIDE) - Unpublished Opinionsnjcourts.gov… N.J.S.A. 2C:28-6 (count nine). He later entered into a plea agreement to plead guilty to counts one, three and five, in exchange for … remaining charges. 3 A-2253-20 During his September 2015 plea colloquy, defendant testified he and his attorney …
- njcourts.gov… on a public street in Newark. Defendant subsequently pleaded guilty to first-degree aggravated manslaughter, … another indictment. 3 A-3008-20 During his November 2017 plea colloquy before Judge Wigler, defendant testified he was satisfied with plea counsel's services, had enough time to discuss his case …