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46 STATE OF NEW JERSEY v. DAVID RICHARDSON -- rank: 639

... J. 69 , 77 (1975)). This principle has been codified under N.J.S.A. 2C:1-8(a), which provides that when the same conduct can be ... were] not for the 'same conduct.'" Id. at 538 (quoting N.J.S.A. 2C:1-8(a)(1)). Here, they were. Defendant's second-degree sexual ...

docket:	a5810-12
court:	NJ Superior Court Appellate Division
decided:	2017-07-12
status:	unpublished
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47 STATE OF NEW JERSEY v. LASHAWN FITCH -- rank: 639

... Whether to charge a lesser included offense is governed by N.J.S.A. 2C:1- 8(d)(1), which requires those offenses to 'be established by ... Graham, 223 N.J. Super. 571, 576 (App. Div. 1988). N.J.S.A. 2C:1-8(e) provides that '[t]he court shall not charge the ...

docket:	a4828-18
court:	NJ Superior Court Appellate Division
decided:	2021-12-17
status:	Unpublished
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48 STATE OF NEW JERSEY v. CHRISTOPHER DESA -- rank: 639

... b); N.J.S.A. 2C:12-1(b)(6). " N.J.S.A. 2C:1-8(a) establishes the legislative parameters for merger of offenses." State ... a lesser kind of culpability suffices to establish its commission. [ N.J.S.A. 2C:1-8(d)(1) and (3).] Strictly applying the statutory analysis, it ... stated: The standard for merger of offenses set forth at N.J.S.A. 2C:1-8 . . . has been characterized as "mechanical." State v. Truglia , 97 N ...

docket:	a5226-14
court:	NJ Superior Court Appellate Division
decided:	2017-06-08
status:	unpublished
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49 STATE OF NEW JERSEY v. CORNELIUS C. UTLEY -- rank: 636

... b); N.J.S.A. 2C:12-1(b)(6). " N.J.S.A. 2C:1-8(a) establishes the legislative parameters for merger of offenses." State ... a lesser kind of culpability suffices to establish its commission. [ N.J.S.A. 2C:1-8(d)(1) and (3).] Subsection (3) "largely duplicates the basis ... found in subsection (d)(1)." Cannel, supra , comment 4 on N.J.S.A. 2C:1-8. Strictly applying the statutory analysis, it is apparent that third ... said: The standard for merger of offenses set forth at N.J.S.A. 2C:1-8 . . . has been characterized as "mechanical." State v. Truglia , 97 N ...

docket:	a3831-10
court:	NJ Superior Court Appellate Division
decided:	2012-07-23
status:	unpublished
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50 STATE OF NEW JERSEY v. LEONARDO BUCCHERI -- rank: 634

... for a verdict convicting the defendant of the included offense." N.J.S.A. 2C:1-8(e); State v. Cassady , 198 N.J. 165 , 178 (2009 ...

docket:	a1086-11
court:	NJ Superior Court Appellate Division
decided:	2013-03-08
status:	unpublished
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51 STATE OF NEW JERSEY v. CARL JONES -- rank: 632

... definition of an included offense that is set forth in N.J.S.A. 2C:1-8(d).8 State v. Thomas, 187 N.J. 119, 130-31 (2006). That initial requirement is met 8 N.J.S.A. 2C:1-8(d) provides that an offense is 'included' when: (1) It ...

docket:	a1994-17
court:	NJ Superior Court Appellate Division
decided:	2019-12-17
status:	Unpublished
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52 /usr/local/share/www/libweb/collections/courts/appellate/a1030-19.opn.html -- rank: 629

... for a verdict convicting the defendant of the included offense.' N.J.S.A. 2C:1-8(e). Accordingly, 'to justify a lesser included offense instruction, a ...

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53 State v. Joseph Diorio -- rank: 629

... convictions. Cannel, New Jersey Criminal Code Annotated , comment 8 on N.J.S.A. 2C:1-8 (2013); see also United States v. Fleischli , 305 F.3d ...

docket:	A-110-11
court:	NJ Supreme Court
decided:	2014-02-12
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54 STATE OF NEW JERSEY v. ROBERT BELL, -- rank: 627

... to charge on a lesser-included offense is governed by N.J.S.A. 2C:1-8(e). Under the statute, the trial court cannot charge a ... for a verdict convicting the defendant of the included offense.' N.J.S.A. 2C:1-8(e). '[A] trial court has an independent obligation to instruct ... a lesser culpability.' Robinson, 136 N.J. at 482; see N.J.S.A. 2C:1-8(d)(3). N.J.S.A. 2C:5-1 makes ...

docket:	a5389-15
court:	New Jersey Superior Court Appellate Division
decided:	2018-08-03
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55 STATE OF NEW JERSEY v. DENNIS W. POZNIAK -- rank: 627

... did in State v. Carrero, 229 N.J. 118 (2017). N.J.S.A. 2C:1-8(e) mandates that '[t]he court shall not charge the ...

docket:	a3442-16
court:	NJ Superior Court Appellate Division
decided:	2019-03-11
status:	Unpublished
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56 STATE OF NEW JERSEY v. KENNETH M. WATFORD a/k/a KENNETH WATFORD, DAKEE B MUKHWANNA and EUGENE WATFORD -- rank: 622

... State v. Brent , 137 N.J. 107 , 123 (1994); see N.J.S.A. 2C:1-8(e) ("The court shall not charge the jury with respect ...

docket:	a2990-11
court:	New Jersey Superior Court Appellate Division
decided:	2016-04-04
status:	Published
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57 STATE OF NEW JERSEY v. WAYNE J. JOHNSON, JR -- rank: 622

... 300, 302 (2013) (quoting Miller, 108 N.J. at 116). ' N.J.S.A. 2C:1-8(d) calls for merger when one offense is established by ... 3) assault from being included A-4638-15T2 17 under N.J.S.A. 2C:1-8(d)(1) because '[t]his element of a deadly weapon ... in Jones. As we explained: The analysis is flawed because N.J.S.A. 2C:1-8(d)(1) requires that the lesser offense be established by ...

docket:	a4638-15
court:	NJ Superior Court Appellate Division
decided:	2019-04-30
status:	Unpublished
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58 STATE OF NEW JERSEY v. HUMPHREY COHEN -- rank: 622

... purposeful and knowing and felony murder, the trial court cited N.J.S.A. 2C:1-8(a) and determined . . . where a defendant causes the death of ... ON BOTH REPRESENTS AN INCONSISTENT/AMBIGUOUS VERDICT IN VIOLATION OF N.J.S.A. 2C:1-8(a)(3). POINT V RESPONDENT HA[S] FAILED TO CITE ... basis for punishing the same criminal conduct will merge.' Ibid. N.J.S.A. 2C:1-8 provides for the merger of offenses to avoid impermissible multiple ... for conduct that constitutes more than one offense. In particular, N.J.S.A. 2C:1-8(d) requires merger when one offense is established by proof ...

docket:	a0832-19
court:	NJ Superior Court Appellate Division
decided:	2021-02-04
status:	Unpublished
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59 STATE OF NEW JERSEY v. HAMEED S. BROOKS -- rank: 620

... for a verdict convicting the defendant of the included offense." N.J.S.A. 2C:1-8(e); see also State v. Cassady , 198 N.J. 165 , 177 (2009) (applying the principles of N.J.S.A. 2C:1-8(e)). The failure of defendant's trial counsel to request ...

docket:	a3817-06
court:	NJ Superior Court Appellate Division
decided:	2009-06-22
status:	unpublished
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60 /usr/local/share/www/libweb/collections/courts/appellate/a5010-18.opn.html -- rank: 620

... offense than the crime for which the defendant was indicted. N.J.S.A. 2C:1-8(e) provides, '[t]he court shall not charge the jury ...

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