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16 STATE OF NEW JERSEY v. TOMAS C. LLOYD-JONES -- rank: 747

... constructive possession, by giving the Model Jury Charge (Criminal) , "Possession ( N.J.S.A. 2C:2-1(c))" (2005). Nonetheless, after the court finished its instructions, defendants ... the precise language of the Model Jury Charge (Criminal) , "Possession ( N.J.S.A. 2C:2-1)" (2005). Further, our Supreme Court in Brown held that a ... possession of that item." See Model Jury Charge (Criminal) , "Possession ( N.J.S.A. 2C:2-1)" (2005). The court also specifically instructed that a person who ... to exercise control over it." Model Jury Charge (Criminal) , "Possession ( N.J.S.A. 2C:2-1)" (2014). However, "[i]t is not plain error when jury ...

docket:	a3089-12
court:	NJ Superior Court Appellate Division
decided:	2015-11-23
status:	unpublished
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17 STATE OF NEW JERSEY v. D.C.N. -- rank: 745

... 39-1(f); (2) the defendant 'possessed' it, which under N.J.S.A. 2C:2-1(c) requires knowledge or awareness of his control over the ...

docket:	a2737-18
court:	NJ Superior Court Appellate Division
decided:	2021-12-01
status:	Unpublished
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18 /usr/local/share/www/libweb/collections/courts/appellate/a3376-18.opn.html -- rank: 706

... would not have committed a voluntary act as required by N.J.S.A. 2C:2-1(a). 6 For purposes of this case, the term 'sexual ...

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19 STATE OF NEW JERSEY v. SHAWN M. CICALESE -- rank: 701

... to perform an act of which he is physically capable.' N.J.S.A. 2C:2-1(a). But he constructs this argument on two faulty pillars ...

docket:	a4066-17
court:	NJ Superior Court Appellate Division
decided:	2021-08-02
status:	Unpublished
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20 STATE OF NEW JERSEY v. JUAN C. MOLCHOR -- rank: 697

... local prosecutions to proceed. A-2009-19T6 25 physically capable.' N.J.S.A. 2C:2-1(a). Under our system, a person must be responsible for ...

docket:	a2009-19
court:	NJ Superior Court Appellate Division
decided:	2020-07-08
status:	Published
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21 KHILIL BRYANT v. NEW JERSEY DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS -- rank: 687

... the burden of proving the defendant committed a 'voluntary' act. N.J.S.A. 2C:2-1(a) provides: A person is not guilty of an offense ... 3337-19 9 Sexton, 160 N.J. 93, 98 (1999); N.J.S.A. 2C:2-1, -2). The drafters of the New Jersey Code of Criminal ... fact that the law cannot hope to deter involuntary movement.' N.J.S.A. 2C:2-1(a) cmt. 1 (1971). The penal code commentators further explained that N.J.S.A. 2C:2- 1(a) 'should be interpreted to exclude from the definition [of ... is grossly impaired or even absent, such as epileptic fugues . . . .' N.J.S.A. 2C:2-1(a) cmt. 3 (1971). We believe the 'bedrock' requirement to ...

docket:	a3337-19
court:	NJ Superior Court Appellate Division
decided:	2022-03-17
status:	Unpublished
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22 STATE OF NEW JERSEY v. ROBERT K. THOMPSON -- rank: 685

... offense"); Cannel, New Jersey Criminal Code Annotated , comment 3 on N.J.S.A. 2C:2-1 (2008). The statute criminalizes the knowing failure to perform a ...

docket:	a2279-07
court:	NJ Superior Court Appellate Division
decided:	2008-08-01
status:	published
citation:	402 N.J.Super. 177 953 A.2d 491
Document Size:	100044

23 STATE OF NEW JERSEY v. S.M.C. -- rank: 682

... of the totality of circumstances]. [Model Jury Charges (Criminal), 'Possession (N.J.S.A. 2C:2-1)' (rev. June 11, 2018) (citations omitted).] We defer to a ...

docket:	a3765-20
court:	NJ Superior Court Appellate Division
decided:	2022-03-29
status:	Unpublished
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24 State of New Jersey v. Ronald Sexton -- rank: 670

... state of mind as the minimum conditions for liability. See N.J.S.A. 2C:2-1 and -2. At its earliest stages, the common law imposed ...

docket:	a-23-98
court:	njsupreme
decided:	1999-07-15
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citation:	160 N.J. 93
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25 State v. Amir Randolph -- rank: 668

... of that item. [ Cf. Model Jury Charge (Criminal) , “Possession” ( N.J.S.A. 2C:2-1) (June 2014).] The Appellate Division “recognize[d] that the ...

docket:	A-70-15
court:	NJ Supreme Court
decided:	2017-05-03
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citation:	228 N.J. 566 159 A.3d 394
Document Size:	91767

26 STATE OF NEW JERSEY v. DIANE MONACO -- rank: 665

... to perform an act of which he is physically capable." N.J.S.A. 2C:2-1(a). However, "the provisions of the Code governing principles of ...

docket:	a0473-14
court:	NJ Superior Court Appellate Division
decided:	2016-03-17
status:	published
citation:	444 N.J.Super. 539 134 A.3d 997
Document Size:	45684

27 STATE OF NEW JERSEY v. IVERY BRINSON -- rank: 651

... 2) the firearm was possessed by defendant as defined in N.J.S.A. 2C:2- 1(c); (3) the defendant's purpose in possessing the firearm ...

docket:	a2124-17
court:	NJ Superior Court Appellate Division
decided:	2019-01-31
status:	Unpublished
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28 STATE OF NEW JERSEY v. DEVON MAXWELL -- rank: 646

... See A-4242-17 19 Model Jury Charges (Criminal), 'Possession' ( N.J.S.A. 2C:2-1) (June 2014). 'When a jury instruction follows the model jury ...

docket:	a4242-17
court:	NJ Superior Court Appellate Division
decided:	2021-04-16
status:	Unpublished
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29 STATE OF NEW JERSEY v. EUGENE C. BAUM -- rank: 646

... State v. Randolph , 210 N.J. 330 , 354 (2012). 1 N.J.S.A. 2C:2-1 directs that "[a] bodily movement that is not a product ...

docket:	a5392-09
court:	NJ Superior Court Appellate Division
decided:	2013-07-30
status:	unpublished
citation:
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30 STATE OF NEW JERSEY v. MIKHAIL GOULDSON -- rank: 644

... he knowingly possessed the guns and ammunition in the trunk. N.J.S.A. 2C:2-1. We therefore measure the impact of the introduction of the ...

docket:	a3666-14
court:	NJ Superior Court Appellate Division
decided:	2017-08-10
status:	unpublished
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