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151 STATE OF NEW JERSEY v. TAHJ J. PINES -- rank: 759

... 2C:15-1 (count three); and first-degree felony murder, N.J.S.A. 2C:11-3(a)(3) (count four). 2 The trial judge merged counts ... to sua sponte charge the statutory defense to felony murder, N.J.S.A. 2C:11-3(a)(3). Because defendant did not raise this issue at ... quoting State v. Chapland , 187 N.J. 275 , 289 (2006). N.J.S.A. 2C:11-3(a)(3) is an affirmative defense to felony murder. State ... defendant must present some evidence supporting all four factors of N.J.S.A. 2C:11-3(a)(3)). When the defendant satisfies this obligation, the burden ... have been the shooter, this only provided support for factors N.J.S.A. 2C:11-3(a)(3)(a) and (b). There was no evidence at all supporting factors N.J.S.A. 2C:11-3(a)(3)(c) and (d) -- that defendant had no ...

docket:	a4721-12
court:	NJ Superior Court Appellate Division
decided:	2016-04-14
status:	unpublished
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152 STATE OF NEW JERSEY v. SAMANDER S. DABAS -- rank: 759

... knowing murder of his wife Renu Dabas, in violation of N.J.S.A. 2C:11-3(a)(1) or (2) (count one), and the knowing attempt ... to the lesser offenses of aggravated manslaughter or vehicular homicide. N.J.S.A. 2C:11-3(a) provides that "criminal homicide constitutes murder when: (1) The ... in death." To convict a defendant of purposeful murder under N.J.S.A. 2C:11-3(a)(1), the State must prove that it was the ... 2000). Alternatively, to convict a defendant of knowing murder under N.J.S.A. 2C:11-3(a)(2), the State "must prove that the defendant was ... of thirty-years without parole for purposeful or knowing murder. N.J.S.A. 2C:11-3(b)(1). Although there was very strong evidence that Samander ...

docket:	a3858-07
court:	NJ Superior Court Appellate Division
decided:	2011-10-26
status:	unpublished
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153 STATE OF NEW JERSEY v. LANCE A. FULTON -- rank: 759

... sentence authorized by law would be thirty years without parole. N.J.S.A. 2C:11-3(b)(1). If the court imposed a life sentence, the ... Camden County grand jury charged defendant with knowing/purposeful murder, N.J.S.A. 2C:11-3(a)(1) or (2); felony murder, N.J.S.A ...

docket:	a2161-19
court:	NJ Superior Court Appellate Division
decided:	2021-08-09
status:	Unpublished
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154 State v. Shariff Ingram -- rank: 759

... court erred in failing to correct the prosecutor’s misstatements. N.J.S.A. 2C:11-3(a)(3) provides that in any prosecution for felony murder ... one count of first-degree felony murder, in violation of N.J.S.A. 2C:11-3(a)(3); one count of third-degree theft, in violation ... statutory affirmative defense to felony murder. The felony murder statute, N.J.S.A. 2C:11-3(a)(3), states that criminal homicide constitutes murder when . . . the ... four elements of the felony murder affirmative defense codified at N.J.S.A. 2C:11-3(a)(3). The propriety of those efforts is underscored by ...

docket:	a-58-07
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decided:	2008-07-21
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citation:	196 N.J. 23
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155 /usr/local/share/www/libweb/collections/courts/appellate/a4010-17.opn.html -- rank: 759

... a jury trial, defendant was convicted of first-degree murder, N.J.S.A. 2C:11-3(a)(1), (2), (count one); second-degree unlawful possession of ...

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156 STATE OF NEW JERSEY v. DENNIS W. POZNIAK -- rank: 759

... jury convicted defendant of two counts of first-degree murder, N.J.S.A. 2C:11-3(a)(1) and (2), as well as one count of ... is not our function. With the exception of felony murder, N.J.S.A. 2C:11-3(a)(3), to be guilty of murder, a defendant must ... knowingly cause death or serious bodily injury resulting in death. N.J.S.A. 2C:11-3(a)(1) and (2). Homicide constitutes aggravated manslaughter when the ...

docket:	a3442-16
court:	NJ Superior Court Appellate Division
decided:	2019-03-11
status:	Unpublished
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157 STATE OF NEW JERSEY v. JUAN D. SANES -- rank: 759

... attempted murder, N.J.S.A. 2C:5-1 and N.J.S.A. 2C:11-3(a)(1) (count one), and first-degree conspiracy to commit murder, N.J.S.A. 2C:5-2 and N.J.S.A. 2C:11- 3(a)(1) (count two). He was also charged with four ...

docket:	a5319-17
court:	NJ Superior Court Appellate Division
decided:	2021-08-31
status:	Unpublished
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158 STATE OF NEW JERSEY v. LEWIS HOOPER -- rank: 756

... attempted murder, N.J.S.A. 2C:5-1 and N.J.S.A. 2C:11-3(a)(1) and (2) (count four); second- degree unlawful possession ...

docket:	a3436-16
court:	NJ Superior Court Appellate Division
decided:	2019-05-10
status:	Published
citation:	459 N.J.Super. 157 208 A.3d 38
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159 STATE OF NEW JERSEY v. NESTOR FRANCISCO, -- rank: 756

... indictment charging defendant with: first-degree knowing or purposeful murder, N.J.S.A. 2C:11-3(a)(1) and (2) (count one); first-degree felony murder, N.J.S.A. 2C:11-3(a)(3) (count two); first-degree robbery, N.J.S ... thirty-year period of parole A-3840-18 48 ineligibility, N.J.S.A. 2C:11-3(b)(1), or an eighty-five percent period of parole ... midpoint between the 30-year minimum period of parole ineligibility, N.J.S.A. 2C:11-3(b)(1), and the 63.75-year maximum period of ...

docket:	a3840-18
court:	NJ Superior Court Appellate Division
decided:	2022-04-08
status:	Published
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160 State v. Samuel Ryan -- rank: 756

... person convicted of a crime under any of the following: N.J.S.A. 2C:11-3; subsection a. of N.J.S.A. 2C:11-4 ... prison term without parole eligibility for a murder conviction under N.J.S.A. 2C:11-3(b)(1) constituted cruel and unusual punishment and thus violated ...

docket:	a-65-20
court:	NJ Supreme Court
decided:	2022-02-07
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161 State v. Nance/Bolton/Williams -- rank: 756

... attempting to commit, or fleeing from the following crimes: murder, N.J.S.A. 2C:11-3; manslaughter, N.J.S.A. 2C:11-4; aggravated assault ...

docket:	A-47-48
court:	NJ Supreme Court
decided:	2017-04-05
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162 /usr/local/share/www/libweb/collections/courts/appellate/a0195-12xx.opn.html -- rank: 756

... indictment against defendant, charging him with first-degree attempted murder, N.J.S.A. 2C:11-3 and N.J.S.A. 2C:5-1 (count one ...

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163 STATE OF NEW JERSEY v. ANGEL JIMENEZ -- rank: 754

... convicted of the first-degree murder of Isidro ("Max") Bueno, N.J.S.A. 2C:11-3(a)(1) and (a)(2) (count one); third-degree theft ... 2C:39-7b. The jury acquitted defendant of felony murder, N.J.S.A. 2C:11-3(a)(3) (count two). The court sentenced defendant to a ...

docket:	a4280-09
court:	NJ Superior Court Appellate Division
decided:	2014-03-10
status:	unpublished
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164 ANNEMARIE MORGAN v. SANFORD BROWN INSTITUTE -- rank: 754

... them with the following offenses: first-degree murder, contrary to N.J.S.A. 2C:11-3(a)(1)(2) (count one); first-degree attempted murder, contrary ...

docket:	A-104-11
court:	NJ Supreme Court
decided:	2014-09-08
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165 STATE OF NEW JERSEY v. SHAUN D CLIFTON-SHORT -- rank: 754

... station incident, the jury convicted defendant of first-degree murder, N.J.S.A. 2C:11-3(a)(1), first-degree felony murder, N.J.S.A. 2C:11-3(a)(3), first-degree robbery, N.J.S.A. 2C ... attempted murder, N.J.S.A. 2C:5-1 and N.J.S.A. 2C:11-3, second-degree aggravated assault, N.J.S.A. 2C:12 ...

docket:	a0197-14
court:	NJ Superior Court Appellate Division
decided:	2017-03-01
status:	unpublished
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