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- A-1277-17T1 Opinionnjcourts.gov… Enrollment into PTI, however, required that defendant plead guilty because of the second-degree charge. Before pleading guilty, defendant's insurance company disclaimed … the record) supplied us with a copy of an August 11, 2017 email she wrote to defense counsel – before the plea hearing …
- A-4115-16T4 Opinionnjcourts.gov… and various drug and weapons offenses, defendant Lenny Ross pleaded guilty to first- degree aggravated manslaughter, … defendant from standing trial and encouraging defendant to plead guilty, advising defendant he would receive a fifteen-year sentence if he pleaded guilty to aggravated manslaughter, failing to …
- njcourts.gov… well-reasoned opinion. I. On December 11, 2017, defendant pleaded guilty to a charge of fourth- degree criminal sexual … filed a petition for PCR seeking to withdraw his guilty plea on the basis that his attorney had neither advised him … "severe immigration consequences" resultant from his guilty plea and sentence. Judge Guadagno heard argument on …
- STATE OF NEW JERSEY VS. LEWIS HOOPER (13-06-0768, MIDDLESEX COUNTY AND STATEWIDE) - Unpublished Opinionsnjcourts.gov… on advice of counsel, rejected an alleged offer to plead guilty in exchange for a recommended thirty-year NERA3 … on advice of those same lawyers, defendant entered an 'open plea,'" to an indictment charging him with attempted murder, … NERA term. Id. at 168-70. Backed by averments of his plea counsel, we found defendant's claim that his "patently …
- STATE OF NEW JERSEY VS. THOMAS G. LAHART (12-11-2614, ATLANTIC COUNTY AND STATEWIDE) - Unpublished Opinionsnjcourts.gov… 28, 2016, denying defendant's motion to withdraw his guilty plea, arguing: POINT I THE TRIAL COURT ERRED IN DENYING … SUFFICIENT WEIGHT TO ALL MATERIAL TERMS OF THE NEGOTIATED PLEA AND [THE] AMENDED OFFER FROM THE STATE TENDERED IN ITS … INCORPORATED INTO THE TERMS OF THOMAS LAHART'S NEGOTIATED PLEA ON AUGUST 26, 2015) THAT THOMAS LAHART[ ]BE SENTENCED …
- njcourts.gov… well-reasoned opinion. I. On December 11, 2017, defendant pleaded guilty to a charge of fourth- degree criminal sexual … filed a petition for PCR seeking to withdraw his guilty plea on the basis that his attorney had neither advised him … "severe immigration consequences" resultant from his guilty plea and sentence. Judge Guadagno heard argument on …
- A-4993-15T1 Opinionnjcourts.gov… 28, 2016, denying defendant's motion to withdraw his guilty plea, arguing: POINT I THE TRIAL COURT ERRED IN DENYING … SUFFICIENT WEIGHT TO ALL MATERIAL TERMS OF THE NEGOTIATED PLEA AND [THE] AMENDED OFFER FROM THE STATE TENDERED IN ITS … INCORPORATED INTO THE TERMS OF THOMAS LAHART'S NEGOTIATED PLEA ON AUGUST 26, 2015) THAT THOMAS LAHART[ ]BE SENTENCED …
- A-2528-21 – STATE OF NEW JERSEY VS. LEWIS HOOPER (13-06-0768, MIDDLESEX COUNTY AND STATEWIDE) Opinionnjcourts.gov… on advice of counsel, rejected an alleged offer to plead guilty in exchange for a recommended thirty-year NERA3 … on advice of those same lawyers, defendant entered an 'open plea,'" to an indictment charging him with attempted murder, … NERA term. Id. at 168-70. Backed by averments of his plea counsel, we found defendant's claim that his "patently …
- STATE OF NEW JERSEY VS. JUAN A. RIPOL (07-05-0849, HUDSON COUNTY AND STATEWIDE) - Unpublished Opinionsnjcourts.gov… he received ineffective assistance of counsel when he pleaded guilty in 2007 because his plea counsel did not advise him he would be deported. On … With the advice of counsel, defendant accepted a plea offer, in accordance with N.J.S.A. 2C:35-12, that would …
- STATE OF NEW JERSEY VS. AKEEM J. TORREZ (13-12-2251, HUDSON COUNTY AND STATEWIDE) - Unpublished Opinionsnjcourts.gov… reviewing any discovery with him before entering a guilty plea and his second lawyer was ineffective in advising him to withdraw a motion to vacate the plea. We agree with the PCR judge's conclusions and affirm. … of counsel extends to the decision to enter a guilty plea. State v. Gaitan, 209 N.J. 339, 350-51 (2012). To meet …
- A-0186-19 Opinionnjcourts.gov… reviewing any discovery with him before entering a guilty plea and his second lawyer was ineffective in advising him to withdraw a motion to vacate the plea. We agree with the PCR judge's conclusions and affirm. … of counsel extends to the decision to enter a guilty plea. State v. Gaitan, 209 N.J. 339, 350-51 (2012). To meet …
- A-4607-16T4 Opinionnjcourts.gov… he received ineffective assistance of counsel when he pleaded guilty in 2007 because his plea counsel did not advise him he would be deported. On … With the advice of counsel, defendant accepted a plea offer, in accordance with N.J.S.A. 2C:35-12, that would …
- STATE OF NEW JERSEY VS. MARGARET AUSTIN (23-2, SOMERSET COUNTY AND STATEWIDE) - Unpublished Opinionsnjcourts.gov… to the offense, and was subsequently sentenced. At the plea hearing, the State placed on the record that … vehicle. Defendant told the judge, she: understood she was pleading guilty to a DWI; had an opportunity to discuss her plea with defense counsel who "[t]horoughly" answered all of …
- njcourts.gov… denying his post-sentencing motion to vacate his guilty plea. Based on our de novo review of the plea colloquy, State v. Tate, 220 N.J. 393, 403-04 (2015), … standards, we conclude the factual basis for the guilty plea was sufficient. We therefore affirm. The facts …
- A-3626-19 Opinionnjcourts.gov… denying his post-sentencing motion to vacate his guilty plea. Based on our de novo review of the plea colloquy, State v. Tate, 220 N.J. 393, 403-04 (2015), … standards, we conclude the factual basis for the guilty plea was sufficient. We therefore affirm. The facts …
- njcourts.gov… to the offense, and was subsequently sentenced. At the plea hearing, the State placed on the record that … vehicle. Defendant told the judge, she: understood she was pleading guilty to a DWI; had an opportunity to discuss her plea with defense counsel who "[t]horoughly" answered all of …
- njcourts.gov… relief (PCR) petition and motion to withdraw his guilty plea following an evidentiary hearing. We affirm. I. … in a hung jury, defendant appeared before the court to plead guilty to reduced charges but the plea hearing was adjourned due to defendant's "concern about …
- njcourts.gov… relief (PCR) petition and motion to withdraw his guilty plea following an evidentiary hearing. We affirm. I. … in a hung jury, defendant appeared before the court to plead guilty to reduced charges but the plea hearing was adjourned due to defendant's "concern about …
- STATE OF NEW JERSEY VS. ANSUMANI KAMARA (13-03-0707, OCEAN COUNTY AND STATEWIDE) - Unpublished Opinionsnjcourts.gov… regarding the immigration consequences of his guilty plea. We affirm. I. In March 2013, defendant was indicted … February 2017, defendant filed a PCR petition alleging his plea counsel never advised him regarding the risk of deportation associated with his plea and that he would not have pled guilty had he known he …
- STATE OF NEW JERSEY VS. PAUL W. BENSON (10-09-1568, BERGEN COUNTY AND STATEWIDE) - Unpublished Opinionsnjcourts.gov… 19, 2018, which denied his motion to withdraw his guilty plea and his petition for post-conviction relief. We affirm. … Thereafter, defendant's attorney negotiated a plea agreement, which required defendant to plead guilty to a single charge of third-degree endangering …