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… PREJUDICED THE DEFENDANT. II. THE PROSECUTOR'S IMPROPER COMMENTS IN CLOSING ARGUMENT REGARDING THE SURVEILLANCE … against her back and told her to open the register. Bohnert complied and after the customer stole $714.30, she ran … jury's attention from the evidence and produce a verdict fueled by emotion rather than a dispassionate analysis of …
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… GARB. (PARTIALLY RAISED BELOW) POINT III THE PROSECUTOR COMMITTED MISCONDUCT IN SUMMATION, INCLUDING WHEN SHE URGED, … to the sentencing court a . . . still photograph, a computer- generated presentation, or a video presentation of … so as to shock the judicial conscience." [State v. Fuentes, 217 N.J. 57, 70 (2014) (alteration in original) …
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… focus on the "puzzle pieces" he had presented, use their "common sense" and not to be distracted by defense counsel's … The prosecutor asserted Nadjhier's "willing[ness]" to accompany defendant created a "probability" of knowledge from … depends on a balancing of the relevant factors." State v. Fuentes, 217 N.J. 57, 72 (2014). "[W]hen the mitigating …
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… Parsippany-Troy Hills Police Department (the PD), filed a complaint in the Law Division asserting various causes of … no cause in favor of defendants and dismissed plaintiff's complaint. Plaintiff now appeals from the no cause jury … motion for a new trial. Plaintiff contends the trial judge committed multiple 1 N.J.S.A. 34:19-1 to -14. 3 A-2356-17T1 …
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… 3 A-3282-16T4 I. Here, the State charged that defendant committed the aforementioned offenses on various dates … Susan Cohen Esquilin testified about Child Sexual Abuse Accommodation Syndrome (CSAAS). Dr. Esquilin stated that CSAAS … these behaviors are secrecy, helplessness, entrapment and accommodation, delayed disclosure, and recantation. In …
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… its allegations. It suffices to say that motion practice commenced almost immediately thereafter and continued … private music lessons. Defendant testified her annual income for 2009 was $6753.06. Plaintiff continued to work at … year immediately prior to filing for divorce, plaintiff's income was $135,191. The mediated final consent judgment …
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… two aggravating factors, specifically that defendant committed the murder while engaged in the commission of, or flight from, the other murder or the … conduct was purposeful or knowing, as the State argued, or, committed in the heat of passion or by accident, as …
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… to return to New Jersey. M.G. thought A.A. would be more comfortable calling her when no one was around. A.A. called … text him. She explained that she and her boyfriend had been communicating with each other regularly for about a year. … not reflect impermissible double counting. See State v. Fuentes, 217 N.J. 57, 76 (2014) (noting that sentencing …
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… THEREBY DENYING DEFENDANT A FAIR TRIAL. POINT III THE STATE COMMITTED PROSECUTORIAL MISCONDUCT WHEN THE PROSECUTOR … 9-1-1 and told the operator her ex-boyfriend had recently come to her house and "started going crazy." She ran out and … Williams consented to a search of her bedroom, the common areas in the home, and her cell phone. During the …
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… 3 A-3282-16T4 I. Here, the State charged that defendant committed the aforementioned offenses on various dates … Susan Cohen Esquilin testified about Child Sexual Abuse Accommodation Syndrome (CSAAS). Dr. Esquilin stated that CSAAS … these behaviors are secrecy, helplessness, entrapment and accommodation, delayed disclosure, and recantation. In …
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… and raises the following issues: POINT I THE PROSECUTOR COMMITTED REVERSIBLE MISCONDUCT WHEN SHE APPEALED TO THE … BY THE RECORD IN HER SUMMATION. A. THE PROSECUTOR COMMITTED MISCONDUCT WHEN SHE ASKED THE JURY TO VIEW THE … A MOTHER WHOSE CHILD WAS SEXUALLY ABUSED. B. THE PROSECUTOR COMMITTED MISCONDUCT IN SUMMATION WHEN SHE MADE UNSUPPORTED …
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… United States on deceptive behavior and aftermarket hidden compartments." The court found Gilmore "qualified to render … in part because the exit ramp had a speed limit sign that recommended traveling "[twenty-five] miles per hour" and … He further stated that a single ignition key is commonly used in drug trafficking because the vehicle is …
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… to impose conditions of PSL restricting Internet access. "Community supervision for life was 'designed to protect the … sentence, a special sentence of parole supervision for life commencing upon the offender's release from incarceration. … and (b). PSL offenders remain in the legal custody of the Commissioner of the Department of Corrections, are …
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… (NOT RAISED BELOW) POINT II: A CRIMINAL ATTEMPT CAN ONLY BE COMMITTED WITH A PURPOSEFUL STATE OF MIND; YET THE JURY … "not very much different." However, viewed in context, that comment would not have confused the jury, because the judge … entered a structure without permission, with the purpose to commit an offense therein, and that during the course of the …
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… June 18, 2019 APPELLATE DIVISION 2 A-3298-17T3 Newark Communities for Accountable Policing (Gibbons, PC, … City of Newark (the City), which created a civilian complaint review board (the CCRB) in response to an alarming … and second, the Ordinance improperly permits disclosure of complainant and police officer identities. Otherwise, we …
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… Defendant, Stephen A. Zadroga, had driven his car into oncoming traffic, and an accident reconstruction expert … assault offenses. A few days after the ensuing jury trial commenced, and following the testimony of seven witnesses … that she remembered the headlights of another vehicle coming toward them on Paterson Plank Road, that the vehicle …
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… Div. June 30, 2020). In an October 21, 2020 order and accompanying written opinion, the Family Part again concluded … findings are made without concern that the judge may remain committed to her earlier conclusions, and because the judge … Leslie also began a polygraph examination but was unable to complete it because she became too emotional. 7 A-0840-20 …
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… incorrect, that would "curtail" the doctor's ability "to come to a conclusion with a reasonable degree of certainty." … but the analyst needed a buccal swab from Amelia for comparison purposes. Heck then collected a swab from Amelia. … defendant, 9 A-0256-19 the trial court gave the jury "an incomplete jury instruction as to ' [C]redibility- Immigration …
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… alleged sexual abuse. He also argued that the prosecutor committed misconduct in presenting the case to the grand … The court also found that the assistant prosecutor compounded the false impression created by the detective's … to dismiss the indictment. Although the court issued a commendably thorough written opinion, it did not view the …
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… and fire-bombing of four Jewish synagogues and a Jewish community center. Specifically, defendant was convicted of … 2C:17-1(a); two counts of first-degree conspiracy to commit arson, N.J.S.A. 2C:5-2 and N.J.S.A. 2C:17-1; two counts of first-degree aggravated arson as an accomplice, N.J.S.A. 2C:2-6 and N.J.S.A. 2C:17- 1(a)(2); three …