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- Directive #21-23 – Updated New Jersey Judiciary Language Access Plan (Supersedes Directive #10-22) Notice to the Bardefault › notices to the bar… qualified interpreters may interpret; and (3) all costs for interpreting are to be borne by the Judiciary, except in … to Standard 1.8 ("Use of Remote Interpreting"), which formalized judicial discretion to authorize remote … also have been incorporated for clarity and consistency. Please share this with your judges and staff. Thank you for …
- STATE OF NEW JERSEY VS. GUY C. JACKSON (18-08-1159, MIDDLESEX COUNTY AND STATEWIDE) - Unpublished Opinionsnjcourts.gov… Argued March 5, 2025 – Decided July 14, 2025 Before Judges Gummer and Jablonski. On appeal from the … Nicholas Zaffarese, who was identified by a confidential informant ("CI") as a central distributor in a drug-dealing … Sergeant Peter LoPresti, also an Old Bridge detective, informed Detective Gougeon that "Big Mike" was an alias that …
- njcourts.gov… Submitted June 4, 2024 – Decided June 19, 2024 Before Judges Paganelli and Whipple. On appeal from the … this guidance by emphasizing "the incidental checks performed by a police officer may not be performed 'in a way that prolongs the stop, absent the …
- STATE OF NEW JERSEY VS. JOHN L. WILLIAMS (21-07-0852, OCEAN COUNTY AND STATEWIDE) - Unpublished Opinionsnjcourts.gov… Argued February 12, 2024 – Decided February 22, 2024 Before Judges Mawla, Marczyk, and Chase. On appeal from the … Romeo, Assistant Deputy Public Defender, argued the cause for appellant (Jennifer Nicole Sellitti, Public Defender, … and smelled the odor of raw marijuana. When the detective informed defendant he was going to search him, defendant …
- njcourts.gov… Submitted November 8, 2023 – Decided December 14, 2023 Before Judges Gooden Brown and Natali. NOT FOR PUBLICATION … that the grand aunt's commitment to adoption was informed by a full understanding of the differences between … counsel because his attorney "ignored . . . [defendant's] pleas to be properly medicated" and failed to "ensure …
- njcourts.gov… Submitted December 10, 2018 – Decided Before Judges Messano and Rose. On appeal from Superior Court … to "summarize . . . some of the relevant or important information that you [told Alberto that he] placed in the … to retire 7 A-4790-16T2 for the evening. The court informed the jury, in open court, that the playback would take …
- STATE OF NEW JERSEY VS. TURI REDDICK (02-05-0632, UNION COUNTY AND STATEWIDE) - Unpublished Opinionsnjcourts.gov… Argued March 8, 2021 – Decided April 20, 2021 Before Judges Hoffman and Smith. On appeal from the Superior … Shane Burns, had worked with Linden5 police as an informant in 1997. Defendant obtained transcripts from James' … a Linden police detective voluntarily in 1997, providing information about criminals in exchange for leniency. While …
- STATE OF NEW JERSEY VS. BRIAN ALSTON (18-10-3384, ESSEX COUNTY AND STATEWIDE) - Unpublished Opinionsnjcourts.gov… Argued February 7, 2022 – Decided June 9, 2022 Before Judges Accurso, Rose and Enright. On appeal from the … the bodega, called 9-1-1 to report the robbery. The woman informed the dispatcher a man wearing "black pants with a gray … actual suspect is. Blind administrators are aware of that information but shield themselves from knowing where the …
- STATE OF NEW JERSEY VS. CARTER ROBERTS (16-06-1003, MIDDLESEX COUNTY AND STATEWIDE) - Unpublished Opinionsnjcourts.gov… Submitted January 8, 2018 - Decided Before Judges Accurso and Vernoia. On appeal from Superior … appropriate. Following a tip from a confidential informant, an undercover detective with the Middlesex County … the narcotics task force through a reliable confidential informant who claimed defendant was selling drugs out of his …
- A-1694-19 Opinionnjcourts.gov… Argued February 7, 2022 – Decided June 9, 2022 Before Judges Accurso, Rose and Enright. On appeal from the … the bodega, called 9-1-1 to report the robbery. The woman informed the dispatcher a man wearing "black pants with a gray … actual suspect is. Blind administrators are aware of that information but shield themselves from knowing where the …
- A-4790-16T2 Opinionnjcourts.gov… Submitted December 10, 2018 – Decided Before Judges Messano and Rose. On appeal from Superior Court … to "summarize . . . some of the relevant or important information that you [told Alberto that he] placed in the … to retire 7 A-4790-16T2 for the evening. The court informed the jury, in open court, that the playback would take …
- A-3843-18 Opinionnjcourts.gov… Argued March 8, 2021 – Decided April 20, 2021 Before Judges Hoffman and Smith. On appeal from the Superior … Shane Burns, had worked with Linden5 police as an informant in 1997. Defendant obtained transcripts from James' … a Linden police detective voluntarily in 1997, providing information about criminals in exchange for leniency. While …
- A-2648-16T3 Opinionnjcourts.gov… Submitted January 8, 2018 - Decided Before Judges Accurso and Vernoia. On appeal from Superior … appropriate. Following a tip from a confidential informant, an undercover detective with the Middlesex County … the narcotics task force through a reliable confidential informant who claimed defendant was selling drugs out of his …
- A-3310-21 – STATE OF NEW JERSEY VS. JOHN L. WILLIAMS (21-07-0852, OCEAN COUNTY AND STATEWIDE) Opinionnjcourts.gov… Argued February 12, 2024 – Decided February 22, 2024 Before Judges Mawla, Marczyk, and Chase. On appeal from the … Romeo, Assistant Deputy Public Defender, argued the cause for appellant (Jennifer Nicole Sellitti, Public Defender, … and smelled the odor of raw marijuana. When the detective informed defendant he was going to search him, defendant …
- njcourts.gov… Submitted November 8, 2023 – Decided December 14, 2023 Before Judges Gooden Brown and Natali. NOT FOR PUBLICATION … that the grand aunt's commitment to adoption was informed by a full understanding of the differences between … counsel because his attorney "ignored . . . [defendant's] pleas to be properly medicated" and failed to "ensure …
- njcourts.gov… Submitted June 4, 2024 – Decided June 19, 2024 Before Judges Paganelli and Whipple. On appeal from the … this guidance by emphasizing "the incidental checks performed by a police officer may not be performed 'in a way that prolongs the stop, absent the …
- A-2030-22 – STATE OF NEW JERSEY VS. GUY C. JACKSON (18-08-1159, MIDDLESEX COUNTY AND STATEWIDE) Opinionnjcourts.gov… Argued March 5, 2025 – Decided July 14, 2025 Before Judges Gummer and Jablonski. On appeal from the … Nicholas Zaffarese, who was identified by a confidential informant ("CI") as a central distributor in a drug-dealing … Sergeant Peter LoPresti, also an Old Bridge detective, informed Detective Gougeon that "Big Mike" was an alias that …
- STATE OF NEW JERSEY VS. SAHIL KULGOD (15-04-0231, SOMERSET COUNTY AND STATEWIDE) - Unpublished Opinionsnjcourts.gov… Argued March 13, 2024 – Decided April 10, 2024 Before Judges Firko and Susswein. On appeal from the Superior … this case. To avoid needless repetition, we focus on new information presented to Judge Tober at the third sentencing … inabilities, language and social barriers, and history of sexual abuse). We acknowledge defendant has not incurred new …
- J.L. VS. J.J.L. (FV-11-0599-18, MERCER COUNTY AND STATEWIDE) (RECORD IMPOUNDED) - Unpublished Opinionsnjcourts.gov… Submitted January 6, 2020 – Decided January 31, 2020 Before Judges Geiger and Natali. On appeal from the Superior … the following facts. Defendant, an automobile salesman and former law enforcement officer, resides in West Windsor. … began "making inappropriate comments . . . about [their] sexuality," noting that "even [if they] were lesbians [they] …
- A-0898-18T2 Opinionnjcourts.gov… Submitted January 6, 2020 – Decided January 31, 2020 Before Judges Geiger and Natali. On appeal from the Superior … the following facts. Defendant, an automobile salesman and former law enforcement officer, resides in West Windsor. … began "making inappropriate comments . . . about [their] sexuality," noting that "even [if they] were lesbians [they] …