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31 STATE OF NEW JERSEY VS. SAHIL KULGOD -- rank: 786

... or kidnapping pursuant to paragraph (1) of subsection c. of N.J.S.[A.]2C:13-1 when the offense constitutes a crime of the first degree ...

docket:	a3893-22
court:	appellate
decided:	2024-04-08
status:	Unpublished
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32 A-0STATE OF NEW JERSEY v. JAMES ROYAL -- rank: 784

... January 16, 2003, specifically: second-degree kidnapping of Felicia Flores, N.J.S.A. 2C:13-1(b)(2) (count one); second-degree possession of a firearm ...

docket:	a3432-09
court:	NJ Superior Court Appellate Division
decided:	2014-07-07
status:	unpublished
citation:
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33 STATE OF NEW JERSEY v. JAMES GRATE -- rank: 781

... for the purpose of committing a crime or flight thereafter, N.J.S.A. 2C:13-1(b)(1) (count one); first-degree kidnapping for the purpose of inflicting bodily injury or terrorizing the victim, N.J.S.A. 2C:13-1(b)(2) (count two); first-degree carjacking while inflicting bodily ...

docket:	a5757-10
court:	NJ Superior Court Appellate Division
decided:	2013-05-29
status:	unpublished
citation:
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34 STATE OF NEW JERSEY v. JAMES GRATE -- rank: 781

... for the purpose of committing a crime or flight thereafter, N.J.S.A. 2C:13-1(b)(1) (count one); first-degree kidnapping for the purpose of inflicting bodily injury or terrorizing the victim, N.J.S.A. 2C:13-1(b)(2) (count two); first-degree carjacking while inflicting bodily ...

docket:	a5996-10
court:	NJ Superior Court Appellate Division
decided:	2013-05-29
status:	unpublished
citation:
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35 STATE OF NEW JERSEY v. ALLAN MATTOCKS -- rank: 779

... J.S.A. 2C:28-5(a) (count seven); kidnapping, N.J.S.A. 2C:13- 1(b)(2) (count five); conspiracy to commit kidnapping, N.J ...

docket:	a4341-15
court:	NJ Superior Court Appellate Division
decided:	2018-04-12
status:	unpublished
citation:
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36 STATE OF NEW JERSEY v. SHAWN JOHNSON -- rank: 776

... Five charges Johnson with Kidnapping, first degree, in violation of N.J.S.A. 2C:13- 1(b)(2). Count Six charges Johnson and Ukawabutu with Conspiracy ... Eleven charges Ukawabutu with Kidnapping, first degree, in violation of N.J.S.A. 2C:13- 1(b)(2). Count Twelve charges Ukawabutu with Unlawful Possession of ...

docket:	17-04-00232
court:	NJ Superior Court Law/Chancery Division
decided:	2017-09-27
status:
citation:	456 N.J.Super. 414 195 A.3d 133
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37 STATE OF NEW JERSEY v. P.R.R. -- rank: 774

... minimum term of twenty-five years without parole pursuant to N.J.S.A. 2C:13-1(c)(2). The charges ensued from a nine-month law ... thirteen years old; and two counts of first-degree kidnapping, N.J.S.A. 2C:13-1(b)(1), by committing aggravated sexual assault on a child ... years' with 'twenty-five years [of] parole ineligibility' pursuant to N.J.S.A. 2C:13-1(c)(2), and the amended NERA form, stating: 'Does not ... life, with a parole ineligibility period of twenty-five years. N.J.S.A. 2C:13-1(c)(2). As we have observed, Where the Legislature has ... clearly as it has done in the last paragraph of N.J.S.A. 2C:13-1(c)(2), a court may not employ its discretion to ... 16T3 9 aggravated sexual assault with kidnapping was mandated by N.J.S.A. 2C:13- 1(c)(2) (providing 'the crime of kidnapping [committed against ...

docket:	a4855-16
court:	NJ Superior Court Appellate Division
decided:	2020-04-09
status:	Unpublished
citation:
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38 STATE OF NEW JERSEY v. ESTERLIN M. TORRES -- rank: 771

... substantial distance' or confined them for a 'substantial period.' See N.J.S.A. 2C:13-1(b)(1) (defining kidnapping). In its initial instructions to the ... confined for a 'substantial period.' Model Jury Charge (Criminal), 'Kidnapping ( N.J.S.A. 2C:13-1(b)(1) to (3))' (2007). The model charge further explains ... increased risk of harm that are at the heart of N.J.S.A. 2C:13-1(b), then it should not convict.' Masino, 94 N.J ... heart of the kidnapping statute . . . .' Model Jury Charge (Criminal), 'Kidnapping ( N.J.S.A. 2C:13-1(b)(1) to (3))'. Notwithstanding this established authority, the court ... asportation and confinement elements. See Model Jury Charge (Criminal), 'Kidnapping ( N.J.S.A. 2C:13-1(b)(1) to (3))' (instructing jurors to consider four factors ...

docket:	a4299-15
court:	New Jersey Superior Court Appellate Division
decided:	2018-08-21
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39 STATE OF NEW JERSEY v. FUQUAN ALEXANDER -- rank: 771

... 2C:5-2; N.J.S.A. 2C:15-2; N.J.S.A. 2C:13-1(b); N.J.S.A. 2C:15-1 (count one ... S.A. 2C:15-2 (count two); first-degree kidnapping, N.J.S.A. 2C:13-1(b) (count three); first-degree robbery, N.J.S.A ... offense merges with his conviction of kidnapping in violation of N.J.S.A. 2C:13-1(b)(1). A person is guilty of this offense if ... 1) To facilitate commission of any crime or flight thereafter[.] [ N.J.S.A. 2C:13-1(b)(1).] The record shows, however, that defendant was not ... 15-2(a)(2) does not merge with kidnapping under N.J.S.A. 2C:13-1(b)(1) because the Legislature clearly intended that these two ... different from the proofs required for conviction of kidnapping under N.J.S.A. 2C:13-1(b)(2). Carjacking under N.J.S.A. 2C: ...

docket:	a1162-10
court:	NJ Superior Court Appellate Division
decided:	2012-01-06
status:	unpublished
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40 STATE OF NEW JERSEY v. STEPHEN P. KWIECIEN -- rank: 771

... or deception the person he seized on the street. See N.J.S.A. 2C:13-1(d) (defining "unlawful" for purposes of the kidnapping, criminal restraint ... even if that result is accomplished initially by deception. See N.J.S.A. 2C:13-1(d) (defining "unlawful" for purposes of false imprisonment statute to ... to restraint, may be accomplished by deception or threat. See N.J.S.A. 2C:13-1(d) (defining unlawful confinement or removal to mean that accomplished ...

docket:	a3331-08
court:	NJ Superior Court Appellate Division
decided:	2011-05-23
status:	unpublished
citation:
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41 STATE OF NEW JERSEY v. LUIS A. SANTIAGO, JR -- rank: 769

... 14-3(b) (counts one and two); first-degree kidnapping, N.J.S.A. 2C:13-1(b)(1) (count three); four counts of first-degree aggravated ... 45. We affirm defendant's convictions in this regard. IV. N.J.S.A. 2C:13-1(b) provides in relevant part: A person is guilty of ... Point V, defendant challenges his convictions for first-degree kidnapping, N.J.S.A. 2C:13-1(b) (count three), and aggravated sexual assault during the commission ...

docket:	a2776-12
court:	NJ Superior Court Appellate Division
decided:	2015-01-28
status:	unpublished
citation:
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42 STATE OF NEW JERSEY v. MARCQUESE W. PAISLEY -- rank: 769

... conviction, based on his guilty plea to second-degree kidnapping, N.J.S.A. 2C:13-1(b), and third-degree possession of a weapon for unlawful ... S.A. 2C:18-2 (count one); first-degree kidnapping, N.J.S.A. 2C:13-1(b) (count two); second-degree attempted theft by extortion, N ... support his conviction for second-degree kidnapping, as defined in N.J.S.A. 2C:13-1(b). On April 18, 2016, following oral argument, the judge ... Tate , supra , 220 N.J. at 403-04. Pursuant to N.J.S.A. 2C:13-1(b)(2), an individual is guilty of kidnapping if, with ... measurement" of distance: We considered the "substantial distance" element of N.J.S.A. 2C:13-1(b) in [ State v. Masino , 94 N.J. 436 , 445 ... No. 11, 1960), at 16). We construed the requirement of N.J.S.A. 2C:13-1(b) to be distinct from a "linear measurement" of ...

docket:	a4154-15
court:	NJ Superior Court Appellate Division
decided:	2017-07-26
status:	unpublished
citation:
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43 /usr/local/share/www/libweb/collections/courts/appellate/a0432-17.opn.html -- rank: 764

... one, two and three); two counts of first-degree kidnapping, N.J.S.A. 2C:13-1(a) (counts five and six); two A-0432-17T4 2 ... 2), and counts five and six to charge violations of N.J.S.A. 2C:13-1(b)(1). 2 Because Pierre Clervoyant, Sr. and Pierre Clervoyant ...

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44 STATE OF NEW JERSEY IN THE INTEREST OF J.C. -- rank: 764

... they been committed by an adult: (1) first-degree kidnapping, N.J.S.A. 2C:13-1(b)(1) (count one); (2) second-degree attempted aggravated sexual ...

docket:	a5493-13
court:	NJ Superior Court Appellate Division
decided:	2015-03-04
status:	unpublished
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45 STATE OF NEW JERSEY v. MICHELLE PADEN-BATTLE -- rank: 761

... N.J.S.A. 2C:5-2; first-degree kidnapping, N.J.S.A. 2C:13-1(b)(1); first-degree conspiracy to commit murder, A-1320 ... that the indictment charged defendant with kidnapping as defined by N.J.S.A. 2C:13-1(b)(1), which declares, in relevant part, that a person ... to apprehension, it is a crime of the second degree.' N.J.S.A. 2C:13-1(c)(1). There is no dispute that the judge instructed the jury on the elements contained in N.J.S.A. 2C:13-1(b)(1), but he did not instruct the jurors or ... unharmed and in a safe place prior to [her] apprehension,' N.J.S.A. 2C:13- 1(c)(1). Notwithstanding the undisputed absence of a jury finding ...

docket:	a1320-17
court:	NJ Superior Court Appellate Division
decided:	2020-06-16
status:	Published
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