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16 STATE OF NEW JERSEY v. JAMES RUSSELL -- rank: 701

... a) (count six); second-degree conspiracy to commit witness tampering, N.J.S.A. 2C:28-5(a) and N.J.S.A. 2C:5-2 (count seven); and first-degree witness tampering, N.J.S.A. 2C:28-5(a) (count eight). Count nine charged co-defendant Joseph Powell ...

docket:	a5319-15
court:	NJ Superior Court Appellate Division
decided:	2019-05-15
status:	Unpublished
citation:
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17 STATE OF NEW JERSEY v. ANGEL JIMENEZ -- rank: 693

... 5(a)(1) (count eight); and third-degree witness tampering, N.J.S.A. 2C:28-5(a)(1) (counts nine and ten). The jury also found ... indictment charged defendant with two counts of witness tampering under N.J.S.A. 2C:28-5(a)(1). 6 The judge instructed the jury that [i ... with the facts of this case and the language of N.J.S.A. 2C:28-5(a)(1). We further conclude there was no plain error ... that defendant had encouraged Melissa to "testify or inform falsely." N.J.S.A. 2C:28-5(a)(1). The State did not present any argument at ... facts to apply to the relevant section of the statute, N.J.S.A. 2C:28-5(a)(1). Defendant suffered no harm or prejudice. V. We ... a witness or informant to: (1) Testify or inform falsely[.] [ N.J.S.A. 2C:28-5(a)(1).] This archive is a service of Rutgers ...

docket:	a4280-09
court:	NJ Superior Court Appellate Division
decided:	2014-03-10
status:	unpublished
citation:
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18 STATE OF NEW JERSEY v. DENNIS J. MUNOZ -- rank: 693

... Velazquez. A-0130-19 21 five); first-degree witness tampering, N.J.S.A. 2C:28-5(a)(1) (count six); and second-degree certain persons not ... parole ineligibility on the first-degree witness tampering charge. See N.J.S.A. 2C:28-5(e). Thus, defendant's aggregate sentence is 'life without parole ...

docket:	a0130-19
court:	NJ Superior Court Appellate Division
decided:	2023-09-14
status:	Unpublished
citation:
Document Size:	138828

19 State v. Quashawn K. Jones -- rank: 686

... or (2); and two counts of first-degree witness tampering, N.J.S.A. 2C:28-5(a). Before trial, the State dismissed one count of aggravated ...

docket:	a-64-18
court:	NJ Supreme Court
decided:	0000-00-00
status:
citation:
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20 STATE OF NEW JERSEY v. DASHAND D. CHASE -- rank: 679

... get Parks to withhold testimony and information about the robbery, N.J.S.A. 2C:28-5(a); second-degree witness tampering for offering Dumpson a benefit to inform falsely, N.J.S.A. 2C:28-5(d); and second-degree witness tampering for his February 2011 ... a benefit in consideration of her withholding testimony and information, N.J.S.A. 2C:28-5(d).3 A third indictment charged defendant with first-degree ... threatening force to induce Boyd to testify and inform falsely, N.J.S.A. 2C:28-5(a); and second-degree witness tampering for offering Boyd a benefit to inform falsely, N.J.S.A. 2C:28-5(d). After seven days of trial before Judge Bernard E ... have imposed four consecutive sentences for witness-tampering convictions under N.J.S.A. 2C:28-5. N.J.S.A. 2C:28-5(e) states: ...

docket:	a1209-12
court:	NJ Superior Court Appellate Division
decided:	2015-08-14
status:	unpublished
citation:
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21 STATE OF NEW JERSEY v. RODNEY SMILEY -- rank: 679

... 5(b) (counts four and five); second-degree witness tampering, N.J.S.A. 2C:28-5(a)(1) (count six); and second-degree certain persons not ... tampering conviction was justified given the facts of the case. N.J.S.A. 2C:28-5 states, in relevant part: Witness tampering is a crime of ...

docket:	a1648-18
court:	NJ Superior Court Appellate Division
decided:	2021-12-22
status:	Unpublished
citation:
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22 STATE OF NEW JERSEY v. FAQUAN MARTIN -- rank: 676

... 2(a)(2) (count ten); and first-degree witness tampering, N.J.S.A. 2C:28-5 (count twelve). He was found not guilty of second-degree ... to [testify] on my own behalf. Sincerely, [A.W.] 4 N.J.S.A. 2C:28-5(a)(1) provides in pertinent part: '[a] person commits an ... would cause a witness . . . [t]o testify or inform falsely.' N.J.S.A. 2C:28-5(a)(1). Thus, contrary to defendant's argument, 'attempt' â ... be believed to cause a witness to falsely testify. See N.J.S.A. 2C:28-5(a)(1). As we recognized in Speth: Satisfying this requirement ... 6 Model Jury Charges (Criminal), 'Tampering with Witnesses and Informants ( N.J.S.A. 2C:28-5(a)) (Cases arising after September 10, 2008)' (approved Mar. 16 ...

docket:	a0926-16
court:	NJ Superior Court Appellate Division
decided:	2018-06-22
status:	unpublished
citation:
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23 STATE OF NEW JERSEY v. WILLIAM SHEPHERD -- rank: 674

... the "second indictment"), charging defendant with third-degree witness tampering, N.J.S.A. 2C:28-5(a) (count one); two counts of fourth degree obstructing the ... 1 (counts two and four); and fourth-degree witness tampering, N.J.S.A. 2C:28-5(a) (count three). During May and June 2008, defendant was ... pending or about to be instituted or has been instituted . . . ." N.J.S.A. 2C:28-5(a). Thus, by its very nature, witness tampering requires that ... v. D.A. , 191 N.J. 158 , 169-170 (2007) (" N.J.S.A. 2C:28-5 addresses action taken after one is already the focus of ...

docket:	a2427-08
court:	NJ Superior Court Appellate Division
decided:	2014-08-05
status:	unpublished
citation:
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24 STATE OF NEW JERSEY v. JAMES GRATE -- rank: 666

... 1(b)(4) (count eleven); and second-degree witness tampering, N.J.S.A. 2C:28-5(a)(1) (count twelve). Cromwell also was charged with second ...

docket:	a5757-10
court:	NJ Superior Court Appellate Division
decided:	2013-05-29
status:	unpublished
citation:
Document Size:	68186

25 STATE OF NEW JERSEY v. GREGORY MAURER -- rank: 666

... no prior convictions. Consequently, police charged defendant with witness tampering, N.J.S.A. 2C:28-5. Defendant pled guilty to a second-degree weapons possession offense ...

docket:	a3527-13
court:	NJ Superior Court Appellate Division
decided:	2014-12-17
status:	published
citation:	438 N.J.Super. 402 105 A.3d 637
Document Size:	62111

26 STATE OF NEW JERSEY v. JAMES GRATE -- rank: 666

... 1(b)(4) (count eleven); and second-degree witness tampering, N.J.S.A. 2C:28-5(a)(1) (count twelve). Cromwell also was charged with second ...

docket:	a5996-10
court:	NJ Superior Court Appellate Division
decided:	2013-05-29
status:	unpublished
citation:
Document Size:	68186

27 STATE OF NEW JERSEY v. DYSHON RAGLAND -- rank: 656

... and 2C:28-5(a); and third-degree witness tampering, N.J.S.A. 2C:28-5(a)(1). After merger, Ragland was sentenced to an aggregate ... obstruct, delay, prevent or impede an official proceeding or investigation. N.J.S.A. 2C:28-5. And, with respect to Anderson, the evidence was of a ...

docket:	a5993-10
court:	NJ Superior Court Appellate Division
decided:	2013-11-07
status:	unpublished
citation:
Document Size:	55684

28 STATE OF NEW JERSEY v. WILLIAM SILVI -- rank: 651

... Eight). Defendant alone was charged with third-degree witness tampering, N.J.S.A. 2C:28-5(a) (Counts Nine and Ten). Following an extended joint jury ...

docket:	a3905-10
court:	NJ Superior Court Appellate Division
decided:	2013-05-17
status:	unpublished
citation:
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29 STATE OF NEW JERSEY v. MARIO J. ADAMS -- rank: 651

... 2. He was also convicted of second-degree witness tampering, N.J.S.A. 2C:28-5(a) (one count for Downs and one for Falcon); and ... to raise the witness tampering to a second-degree offense. N.J.S.A. 2C:28-5(a). He also contends the court should have granted his ...

docket:	a1021-14
court:	NJ Superior Court Appellate Division
decided:	2019-02-19
status:	Unpublished
citation:
Document Size:	76779

30 STATE OF NEW JERSEY v. DANUWELI M. KELLER -- rank: 649

... twenty-one, Keller was charged with third- degree witness tampering, N.J.S.A. 2C:28-5. In count nineteen, Sullivan was charged with second-degree possession ...

docket:	a1623-17
court:	NJ Superior Court Appellate Division
decided:	2021-12-10
status:	Unpublished
citation:
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