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- njcourts.gov… opinion. It has been prepared by the Office of the Clerk for the convenience of the reader. It has been neither … which the jury failed to reach a verdict. A cooperating informant advised the New Jersey State Police that defendant … Hugo Ribeiro and Miguel Holguin, arranged for the informant to conduct five controlled purchases from defendant. …
- A-37-17 Opinionnjcourts.gov… opinion. It has been prepared by the Office of the Clerk for the convenience of the reader. It has been neither … which the jury failed to reach a verdict. A cooperating informant advised the New Jersey State Police that defendant … Hugo Ribeiro and Miguel Holguin, arranged for the informant to conduct five controlled purchases from defendant. …
- njcourts.gov… Submitted September 26, 2023 – Decided October 16, 2023 Before Judges Mawla and Chase. On appeal from the Superior … denied defendant's petition finding trial counsel's performance at the suppression hearing did not fall below the … IN THE SEIZURE OF CONTRABAND AND, ULTIMATELY, HIS GUILTY PLEAS. "Post-conviction relief is New Jersey's analogue to …
- ELIZABETH LOMBARDO VS. AMOS KARANJA (FM-04-0228-18, CAMDEN COUNTY AND STATEWIDE) - Unpublished Opinionsnjcourts.gov… Submitted April 26, 2023 – Decided August 2, 2023 Before Judges Mayer and Bishop-Thompson. On appeal from the … court erred by waiving jurisdiction under the New Jersey Uniform Child Custody Jurisdiction and Enforcement Act … [four] miles from [the] Delaware County Court of Common Pleas" and defendant lived "approximately [twenty] miles …
- njcourts.gov… Submitted October 15, 2024 – Decided October 22, 2024 Before Judges Sabatino and Jacobs. On appeal from the Superior … Esther Suarez, Hudson County Prosecutor, attorney for appellant (Patrick F. Galdieri, II, Assistant … 360, 364 (App. Div. 1983)). In 2019, the Legislature reformed the expungement system, in pertinent part, "including …
- STATE OF NEW JERSEY VS. TIEHEEN FLETCHER (97-10-4248, ESSEX COUNTY AND STATEWIDE) - Unpublished Opinionsnjcourts.gov… Submitted May 1, 2019 — Decided May 16, 2019 Before Judges Nugent and Mawla. On appeal from Superior Court … 97-10-4248. Joseph E. Krakora, Public Defender, attorney for appellant (Steven M. Gilson, Designated Counsel, on the … "The defendant must demonstrate first that counsel's performance was deficient, i.e., that 'counsel made errors so …
- STATE OF NEW JERSEY VS. PATRICK M. LATKO (12-05-1312, ATLANTIC COUNTY AND STATEWIDE) - Unpublished Opinionsnjcourts.gov… Submitted April 27, 2020 – Decided May 15, 2020 Before Judges Fasciale and Rothstadt. On appeal from the … arose from his fatal stabbing of a friend of "defendant's former girlfriend" and that individual's mother. Id. at 1-2. … that trial counsel did not bring to the court's attention information about "inconsistent statements made by [a] State's …
- STATE OF NEW JERSEY VS. ALEX N. SPIROPOULOS (17-09-0819, MORRIS COUNTY AND STATEWIDE) - Unpublished Opinionsnjcourts.gov… Submitted February 1, 2021 – Decided February 19, 2021 Before Judges Rothstadt and Mayer. On appeal from the Superior … the officer asked defendant to exit the car in order to perform field sobriety tests. Defendant did "not do very well" … by Sergeant Harden. Defendant argued the officer was not performing a community-caretaking function when he approached …
- njcourts.gov… Submitted May 8, 2023 – Decided June 12, 2023 Before Judges Haas and DeAlmeida. On appeal from the Superior … 18-10-0842. Joseph E. Krakora, Public Defender, attorney for appellant (Peter T. Blum, Assistant Deputy Public … OFFENDER'S LESSER CULPABILITY AND LIKELIHOOD OF REFORM, THE RECORD DID NOT SUPPORT A FINDING OF AGGRAVATING …
- STATE OF NEW JERSEY VS. ERIC A. BURNHAM (21-02-0181, MIDDLESEX COUNTY AND STATEWIDE) - Published Opinionsnjcourts.gov… NOT FOR PUBLICATION WITHOUT THE APPROVAL OF THE APPELLATE … Submitted December 12, 2022 – Decided December 21, 2022 Before Judges Whipple, Mawla, and Marczyk. On appeal from the … 21-02-0181. Joseph E. Krakora, Public Defender, attorney for appellant (Daniel S. Rockoff, Assistant Deputy Public …
- njcourts.gov… Submitted September 28, 2022 – Decided October 17, 2022 Before Judges Currier and Mayer. On appeal from the New Jersey … se. Matthew J. Platkin, Acting Attorney General, attorney for respondent (Sookie Bae-Park, Assistant Attorney General, … substitute on the adjudication report indicated the information contained in the report accurately reflected the …
- njcourts.gov… Submitted September 18, 2018 – Decided Before Judges Suter and Firko. On appeal from Superior Court … intoxicated, and acted belligerently, and that this information was improvidently acted upon. We disagree with … concerns. In turn, Madonna, who was on duty, relayed her information over the 3 A-4214-16T3 police radio and spoke to …
- STATE OF NEW JERSEY VS. MICHAEL C. HARRIS (10-09-0503, SALEM COUNTY AND STATEWIDE) - Unpublished Opinionsnjcourts.gov… Submitted August 15, 2017 – Decided Before Judges Messano and Sumners. On appeal from the Superior … an IAC claim, a defendant must satisfy the two- prong test formulated in Strickland v. Washington, 466 U.S. 668, 687, … that he suffered prejudice due to counsel's deficient performance. Strickland, supra, 466 U.S. at 687, 104 S. Ct. at …
- njcourts.gov… Submitted May 23, 2017 – Decided Before Judges Fisher and Leone. On appeal from the New Jersey … pro se. Christopher S. Porrino, Attorney General, attorney for respondent (Lisa A. Puglisi, Assistant Attorney General, … recovered from appellant's cell. This was sufficient "to inform him of the charges and to enable him to marshall the …
- A-3395-18T4 Opinionnjcourts.gov… Submitted April 27, 2020 – Decided May 15, 2020 Before Judges Fasciale and Rothstadt. On appeal from the … arose from his fatal stabbing of a friend of "defendant's former girlfriend" and that individual's mother. Id. at 1-2. … that trial counsel did not bring to the court's attention information about "inconsistent statements made by [a] State's …
- A-5414-16T4 Opinionnjcourts.gov… Submitted May 1, 2019 — Decided May 16, 2019 Before Judges Nugent and Mawla. On appeal from Superior Court … 97-10-4248. Joseph E. Krakora, Public Defender, attorney for appellant (Steven M. Gilson, Designated Counsel, on the … "The defendant must demonstrate first that counsel's performance was deficient, i.e., that 'counsel made errors so …
- A-1126-19 Opinionnjcourts.gov… Submitted February 1, 2021 – Decided February 19, 2021 Before Judges Rothstadt and Mayer. On appeal from the Superior … the officer asked defendant to exit the car in order to perform field sobriety tests. Defendant did "not do very well" … by Sergeant Harden. Defendant argued the officer was not performing a community-caretaking function when he approached …
- A-3519-20 - STATE OF NEW JERSEY VS. ERIC A. BURNHAM (21-02-0181, MIDDLESEX COUNTY AND STATEWIDE) Opinionnjcourts.gov… NOT FOR PUBLICATION WITHOUT THE APPROVAL OF THE APPELLATE … Submitted December 12, 2022 – Decided December 21, 2022 Before Judges Whipple, Mawla, and Marczyk. On appeal from the … 21-02-0181. Joseph E. Krakora, Public Defender, attorney for appellant (Daniel S. Rockoff, Assistant Deputy Public …
- A-3298-15T4 Opinionnjcourts.gov… Submitted August 15, 2017 – Decided Before Judges Messano and Sumners. On appeal from the Superior … an IAC claim, a defendant must satisfy the two- prong test formulated in Strickland v. Washington, 466 U.S. 668, 687, … that he suffered prejudice due to counsel's deficient performance. Strickland, supra, 466 U.S. at 687, 104 S. Ct. at …
- A-5577-14T3 Opinionnjcourts.gov… Submitted May 23, 2017 – Decided Before Judges Fisher and Leone. On appeal from the New Jersey … pro se. Christopher S. Porrino, Attorney General, attorney for respondent (Lisa A. Puglisi, Assistant Attorney General, … recovered from appellant's cell. This was sufficient "to inform him of the charges and to enable him to marshall the …