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31 STATE OF NEW JERSEY v. FREDDY R. SOLORZANO -- rank: 694

... State v. Bey , 112 N.J. 123 , 145 (1988); see N.J.S.A. 2C:2-8(b). Defendant never claimed self-defense during the plea colloquy ...

docket:	a4732-12
court:	New Jersey Superior Court Appellate Division
decided:	2015-08-06
status:	Published
citation:
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32 STATE OF NEW JERSEY v. BRYAN C. BOSTON -- rank: 691

... Failed to Investigate the Affirmative Defense of Intoxication Pursuant to N.J.S.A. 2C:2-8(a). POINT II THE LOWER COURT ERRED IN NOT GRANTING ...

docket:	a3692-12
court:	NJ Superior Court Appellate Division
decided:	2014-07-25
status:	unpublished
citation:
Document Size:	37544

33 STATE OF NEW JERSEY v. DEVINN K. DAVIS -- rank: 688

... a defense unless it negates an element of the offense.' N.J.S.A. 2C:2-8(a). As our Supreme Court stated in Cameron, ' N.J.S.A. 2C:2-8(a) permits evidence of intoxication as a defense to crimes ...

docket:	a3538-18
court:	NJ Superior Court Appellate Division
decided:	2021-12-29
status:	Unpublished
citation:
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34 STATE OF NEW JERSEY v. GEORGE HARTWIG -- rank: 688

... constitute mental disease within the meaning of this statutory defense. N.J.S.A. 2C:2-8(c). Like insanity, for intoxication to rise to the level ... a defense, it must negate an element of the offense. N.J.S.A. 2C:2-8(a). The defense is defined in subsection (d) as follows ... he did not know what he was doing was wrong. [ N.J.S.A. 2C:2-8(d).] As the Supreme Court observed, this defense requires a ... such intoxication "must be proved by clear and convincing evidence." N.J.S.A. 2C:2-8(d). Thus, the critical issue here was whether defendant's ...

docket:	a4397-11
court:	NJ Superior Court Appellate Division
decided:	2013-12-23
status:	unpublished
citation:
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35 STATE OF NEW JERSEY v. JEMEL POWELL -- rank: 688

... supporting a cognizable issue of intoxication or diminished capacity. See N.J.S.A. 2C:2-8; N.J.S.A. 2C:4-2. Both require the ...

docket:	a0952-11
court:	NJ Superior Court Appellate Division
decided:	2013-05-20
status:	unpublished
citation:
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36 STATE OF NEW JERSEY v. MATTHIAS M. KABETE -- rank: 685

... expert in psychiatry supporting a defense of intoxication pursuant to N.J.S.A. 2C:2-8. Defense counsel had asked Dr. Weiss to render an opinion ... begin by reviewing the availability of an intoxication defense under N.J.S.A. 2C:2-8. In relevant part, the statute provides: a. . . . [I]ntoxication of ... that defendant is entitled to present an intoxication defense under N.J.S.A. 2C:2-8 and to argue to the jury that the State did ...

docket:	a0867-12
court:	NJ Superior Court Appellate Division
decided:	2013-06-10
status:	unpublished
citation:
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37 STATE OF NEW JERSEY v. RAMON PACHECO -- rank: 685

... a defense unless it negates an element of the offense,'' N.J.S.A. 2C:2-8(a), and noting that '[s]elf-induced intoxication can reduce ... is not permitted.' Baum, 224 N.J. at 162 (citing N.J.S.A. 2C:2-8(b)) (emphasis added). Thus, trial counsel's alleged failure to ...

docket:	a3418-20
court:	NJ Superior Court Appellate Division
decided:	2024-03-05
status:	Unpublished
citation:
Document Size:	39895

38 STATE OF NEW JERSEY v. JUAN DEL ROSARIO -- rank: 679

... defense if it negates an element of the offense charged. N.J.S.A. 2C:2-8(a); State v. Johnson , 309 N.J. Super. 237 , 266 ...

docket:	a1682-14
court:	NJ Superior Court Appellate Division
decided:	2017-08-04
status:	unpublished
citation:
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39 STATE OF NEW JERSEY V. VERNON GREEN -- rank: 679

... record. Defense counsel specifically requested a charge on intoxication. See N.J.S.A. 2C:2-8. The basis for that request was that defendant was observed ...

docket:	a0825-97
court:	njappellate
decided:	1999-01-22
status:	published
citation:	318 N.J.Super. 361
Document Size:	33823

40 STATE OF NEW JERSEY v. RUSSELL M. STEWART -- rank: 676

... that the jury should be charged regarding that defense. See N.J.S.A. 2C:2-8. Defendant chose not to present the testimony of Dr. Chalemian ... less able to control his violent emotions." Ibid. ; see also N.J.S.A. 2C:2-8(c) ("Intoxication does not, in itself, constitute mental disease within ...

docket:	a5414-10
court:	NJ Superior Court Appellate Division
decided:	2013-06-20
status:	unpublished
citation:
Document Size:	29664

41 STATE OF NEW JERSEY v. EUGENE C. BAUM -- rank: 672

... and alcohol to his intoxication being self-induced and pathological, N.J.S.A. 2C:2-8. The doctors' respective testimonies at that hearing did not include ...

docket:	a5392-09
court:	NJ Superior Court Appellate Division
decided:	2013-07-30
status:	unpublished
citation:
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42 STATE OF NEW JERSEY v. MAUREEN KELLY -- rank: 666

... noted the necessary elements of the defense as contained in N.J.S.A. 2C:2-8(d). 1 In short, Judge Roma noted that to be ... properly present an available defense is without merit. Affirmed. 1 N.J.S.A. 2C:2-8(a) provides that "[e]xcept as provided in subsection d ...

docket:	a0480-09
court:	NJ Superior Court Appellate Division
decided:	2011-06-21
status:	unpublished
citation:
Document Size:	29075

43 C.R v. M.T -- rank: 663

... defendant interposes intoxication as a defense. Id. at 350 (citing N.J.S.A. 2C:2-8). We permitted the 1 We use initials and pseudonyms to ...

docket:	a2158-21
court:	NJ Superior Court Appellate Division
decided:	2023-01-20
status:	Unpublished
citation:
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44 STATE OF NEW JERSEY v. LARRY D. WILSON -- rank: 657

... defense if it negates an element of the offense charged. N.J.S.A. 2C:2-8(a). 'In order to negate an element of the offense ...

docket:	a1522-17
court:	NJ Superior Court Appellate Division
decided:	2019-02-22
status:	Unpublished
citation:
Document Size:	18927

45 STATE OF NEW JERSEY v. JHON VELENCIA -- rank: 657

... crime 'unless it negat[es] an element of the offense.' N.J.S.A. 2C:2-8(a). In order for intoxication to negate an element of ... 18 4 form the requisite purpose to commit the crime. N.J.S.A. 2C:2-8(e)(1). See also State v. Cameron, 104 N.J ... Jury Charges (Criminal), 'Intoxication Negating an Element of the Offense' ( N.J.S.A. 2C:2-8(a)) (rev. Oct. 18, 2005). A-0727-18 15 This ...

docket:	a0727-18
court:	NJ Superior Court Appellate Division
decided:	2021-02-11
status:	Unpublished
citation:
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