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16 STATE OF NEW JERSEY v. IBILOLA IGHAMA-AMEGOR -- rank: 694

... it may be established by a lower level of culpability. N.J.S.A. 2C:1-8(d)(3); State v. Thomas, 187 N.J. 119, 129 ...

docket:	a0374-17
court:	NJ Superior Court Appellate Division
decided:	2020-01-06
status:	Unpublished
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17 STATE OF NEW JERSEY v. DAWMEEN FITZGERALD -- rank: 694

... distribute within 500 feet of a public park. Pursuant to N.J.S.A. 2C:1-8(a)(1), a defendant may not be convicted of more ... facts required to establish the commission of the offense charged." N.J.S.A. 2C:1-8(d)(1). Possession of CDS under N.J.S.A ...

docket:	A6158-04
court:	New Jersey Superior Court Appellate Division
decided:	2008-06-30
status:	Published
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18 State v. Traci E. Stanton -- rank: 694

... offenses as lesser-included offenses of indicted Code offenses under N.J.S.A. 2C:1-8 so as to trigger a right to trial by jury ... N.J.S.A. 2C:1-8e. Clearly, all of N.J.S.A. 2C:1-8 applies to criminal offenses and not traffic-regulatory offenses.     The ...

docket:	a-7-01
court:	njsupreme
decided:	2003-04-17
status:
citation:	176 N.J. 75
Document Size:	118185

19 STATE OF NEW JERSEY v. DAWMEEN FITZGERALD -- rank: 694

... distribute within 500 feet of a public park. Pursuant to N.J.S.A. 2C:1-8(a)(1), a defendant may not be convicted of more ... facts required to establish the commission of the offense charged." N.J.S.A. 2C:1-8(d)(1). Possession of CDS under N.J.S.A ...

docket:	A5387-04
court:	New Jersey Superior Court Appellate Division
decided:	2008-06-30
status:	Published
citation:
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20 STATE OF NEW JERSEY v. JOHN D. FITZGERALD -- rank: 694

... distribute within 500 feet of a public park. Pursuant to N.J.S.A. 2C:1-8(a)(1), a defendant may not be convicted of more ... facts required to establish the commission of the offense charged." N.J.S.A. 2C:1-8(d)(1). Possession of CDS under N.J.S.A ...

docket:	a6176-04
court:	New Jersey Superior Court Appellate Division
decided:	2008-06-30
status:	Published
citation:
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21 State in the Interest of D.M., a Juvenile -- rank: 689

... a)(1), N.J.S.A. 2C:5-1, and N.J.S.A. 2C:1-8(d)(2), criminal sexual contact under N.J.S.A ...

docket:	a-30-17
court:	NJ Supreme Court
decided:	2019-05-14
status:
citation:	238 N.J. 2 207 A.3d 250
Document Size:	75921

22 STATE OF NEW JERSEY v. IVAN FIGUEROA -- rank: 689

... State v. Muhammad, 182 N.J. 551, 574 (2005) (citing N.J.S.A. 2C:1-8(a)). 'The bar against multiplicity relates to the Double Jeopardy ... different and, under the mechanical approach to merger employed under N.J.S.A. 2C:1-8, the offenses would not merge. See id. at 570; see ... 628, 637-38 (1996)) (observing the standard for merger under N.J.S.A. 2C:1-8 'has been characterized as 'mechanical.''). However, the charged offenses were ...

docket:	a2589-19
court:	NJ Superior Court Appellate Division
decided:	2023-07-06
status:	Unpublished
citation:
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23 /usr/local/share/www/libweb/collections/courts/appellate/a2965-18.opn.html -- rank: 687

... for a verdict convicting the defendant of the included offense.' N.J.S.A. 2C:1-8(e); State v. Fowler, 239 N.J. 171, 187 (2019 ...

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24 STATE OF NEW JERSEY v. MICHAEL W. WILLIAMS -- rank: 687

... 2C:13-3, which are lesser-included offenses of kidnapping. N.J.S.A. 2C:1-8(d)(1) and (3); State v. Savage, 172 N.J ...

docket:	a4935-18
court:	NJ Superior Court Appellate Division
decided:	2022-04-07
status:	Unpublished
citation:
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25 STATE OF NEW JERSEY v. RYAN D. WILKINS -- rank: 687

... have acted with a purpose other than to commit murder. N.J.S.A. 2C:1-8(d) provides that a defendant may be convicted of an ... a lesser kind of culpability suffices to establish its commission.' N.J.S.A. 2C:1-8(d)(3). A trial court cannot charge a jury on ... for a verdict convicting the defendant of the included offense.' N.J.S.A. 2C:1-8(e). Upon a defendant's request for a lesser-included ... on the conspiracy count, we apply the 'rational basis' test. N.J.S.A. 2C:1-8(e). With respect to the substantive murder count, however, the ...

docket:	a0924-20
court:	NJ Superior Court Appellate Division
decided:	2023-07-26
status:	Unpublished
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26 STATE OF NEW JERSEY v. FRANK CAMPIONE -- rank: 685

... 1(b). Further, the mandatory joinder rule is codified at N.J.S.A. 2C:1- 8(b), which provides in relevant part: [A] defendant shall not ...

docket:	a1709-18
court:	NJ Superior Court Appellate Division
decided:	2020-02-24
status:	Published
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27 STATE OF NEW JERSEY v. CARLOS SIERRA -- rank: 680

... See State v. Cassady , 198 N.J. 165, 177 (2009); N.J.S.A. 2C:1-8(d). 2 Instead, the State argues that the evidence did ... the judge to give such a charge sua sponte. See N.J.S.A. 2C:1-8(e). The Supreme Court has explained that, because of constitutional ... merged. State v. Hardison , 99 N.J. 379 , 380 (1985); N.J.S.A. 2C:1-8(a)(2). Merger should also occur here, because the simple ... and conspiracy to murder the person assaulted therefore merge under N.J.S.A. 2C:1-8(a)(1) and (d)(3)."). As noted above, the second ... a lesser-included offense of the charged second-degree robbery, N.J.S.A. 2C:1-8(a)(1), and differs "only in the respect that a ... or] property" was involved, because he was acquitted of theft, N.J.S.A. 2C:1-8(d)(3), those offenses must merge. See Connell , supra , ...

docket:	a2465-11
court:	NJ Superior Court Appellate Division
decided:	2014-02-12
status:	unpublished
citation:
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28 STATE OF NEW JERSEY v. JOSE L. ORTIZ -- rank: 675

... ies] the definition of an included offense set forth in N.J.S.A. 2C:1-8(d) and . . . that there is a rational basis in the ... State's argument that a different analysis is required under N.J.S.A. 2C:1-8(d)(1) because the facts showing defendant inflicted bodily injury ... burglary, the "offense charged" in count two of the indictment. N.J.S.A. 2C:1-8(d)(1). As noted, because the elements of simple assault ... offense of the second-degree burglary charged in the indictment. N.J.S.A. 2C:1-8(d)(1); Maloney , supra , 216 N.J. at 107. Our ... for a verdict convicting the defendant of the included offense." N.J.S.A. 2C:1-8(e). The statute requires "not only a rational basis in ...

docket:	a1552-14
court:	NJ Superior Court Appellate Division
decided:	2016-12-16
status:	unpublished
citation:
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29 STATE OF NEW JERSEY v. ROCCO MALDONADO -- rank: 675

... offense share a common factual nucleus." Id. at 130; see N.J.S.A. 2C:1-8(a) ("When the same conduct of a defendant may establish ... whether or not the included offense is an indictable offense." N.J.S.A. 2C:1-8(d). An offense is included when: (1) It is established ... a lesser kind of culpability suffices to establish its commission. [ N.J.S.A. 2C:1-8(d).] Providing a lesser-included offense charge is appropriate only ... satisfies the definition of an included offense set forth in N.J.S.A. 2C:1-8(d), and there is a rational basis in the evidence ...

docket:	a4047-11
court:	NJ Superior Court Appellate Division
decided:	2015-01-15
status:	unpublished
citation:
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30 STATE OF NEW JERSEY v. PAUL A. CARTER -- rank: 675

... culpability suffices to establish its commission. 4 A-0896-19 [N.J.S.A. 2C:1-8(d).] A trial court 'shall not charge the jury with ... for a verdict convicting the defendant of the included offense.' N.J.S.A. 2C:1-8(e). For that reason, when a defendant requests a charge ... State v. Best, 70 N.J. 56, 61 (1976). Further, N.J.S.A. 2C:1-8 provides for merger of offenses to avoid impermissible multiple convictions ... for conduct that constitutes more than one offense. In particular, N.J.S.A. 2C:1- 8(a)(1) provides that a defendant may not be convicted ... facts required to establish the commission of the [other] offense . . . .' N.J.S.A. 2C:1-8(d)(1); see also State v. Mirault, 92 N.J ...

docket:	a0896-19
court:	NJ Superior Court Appellate Division
decided:	2021-07-15
status:	Unpublished
citation:
Document Size:	50170