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16 State of New Jersey v. Ronald Sexton -- rank: 690

... and ambiguities” presented in this appeal concern the meaning of N.J.S.A. 2C:2-4, governing the so-called mistake-of-fact defense to a ...

docket:	a-23-98
court:	njsupreme
decided:	1999-07-15
status:
citation:	160 N.J. 93
Document Size:	45221

17 STATE OF NEW JERSEY v. PIERRE R. CRUMPLER -- rank: 687

... or mistake of fact or both could be applicable.' See N.J.S.A. 2C:2-4(c). Counsel argued that the State would suffer no prejudice ... fact that will negate a material element of a crime. N.J.S.A. 2C:2-4(a) allows a defense of ignorance or mistake as to ... negatives the culpable mental state required to establish the offense. . . .' N.J.S.A. 2C:2-4(a)(1). [Id. at 334.] 2 The New Jersey Supreme ...

docket:	a3206-17
court:	NJ Superior Court Appellate Division
decided:	2019-11-26
status:	Unpublished
citation:
Document Size:	17082

18 STATE OF NEW JERSEY v. FLOYD TALLY -- rank: 684

... 3-3 AND MISTAKE OF FACT OR LAW PURSUANT TO N.J.S.A. 2C:2-4. POINT III : THE TRIAL COURT FAILED TO ADEQUATELY INSTRUCT THE ...

docket:	a5391-09
court:	New Jersey Superior Court Appellate Division
decided:	2012-09-27
status:	Published
citation:
Document Size:	118159

19 STATE OF NEW JERSEY v. DAVID K. CALLAWAY -- rank: 684

... 3-3 AND MISTAKE OF FACT OR LAW PURSUANT TO N.J.S.A. 2C:2-4. POINT III : THE TRIAL COURT FAILED TO ADEQUATELY INSTRUCT THE ...

docket:	a5087-09
court:	New Jersey Superior Court Appellate Division
decided:	2012-09-27
status:	Published
citation:
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20 STATE OF NEW JERSEY v. RONALD CALLAWAY STATE OF NEW JERSEY v. DAVID K. CALLAWAY STATE OF NEW JERSEY v. FLOYD TALLY -- rank: 684

... 3-3 AND MISTAKE OF FACT OR LAW PURSUANT TO N.J.S.A. 2C:2-4. POINT III : THE TRIAL COURT FAILED TO ADEQUATELY INSTRUCT THE ...

docket:	a2739-50
court:	New Jersey Superior Court Appellate Division
decided:	2012-09-27
status:	Published
citation:
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21 STATE OF NEW JERSEY v. RONALD CALLAWAY -- rank: 684

... 3-3 AND MISTAKE OF FACT OR LAW PURSUANT TO N.J.S.A. 2C:2-4. POINT III : THE TRIAL COURT FAILED TO ADEQUATELY INSTRUCT THE ...

docket:	a2739-09
court:	New Jersey Superior Court Appellate Division
decided:	2012-09-27
status:	unpublished
citation:
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22 STATE OF NEW JERSEY v. STEPHEN WHITE -- rank: 682

... mind established by such ignorance or mistake constitutes a defense. [N.J.S.A. 2C:2-4(a).] The trial judge tailored the charge to the facts ...

docket:	a4322-17
court:	NJ Superior Court Appellate Division
decided:	2020-02-13
status:	Unpublished
citation:
Document Size:	37138

23 STATE OF NEW JERSEY v. AL J. DELBRIDGE, JR -- rank: 679

... that '[t]he mistakes of law covered by subsection (a) [ N.J.S.A. 2C:2- 4(a)] do not involve errors over whether actions are criminal ...

docket:	a1508-18
court:	NJ Superior Court Appellate Division
decided:	2021-07-21
status:	Unpublished
citation:
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24 STATE OF NEW JERSEY v. SURAJ R. DESAI a/k/a SURAJ DESSAI -- rank: 660

... a defendant with a defense in certain limited circumstances. Indeed, N.J.S.A. 2C:2-4 states: 'Ignorance or mistake as to a matter of fact ...

docket:	a1433-16
court:	New Jersey Superior Court Appellate Division
decided:	2018-08-16
status:
citation:
Document Size:	26916

25 STATE OF NEW JERSEY v. E. P -- rank: 657

... interjecting the issue of mistake of fact or law under N.J.S.A. 2C:2-4 into the case in her decision when the statute was ...

docket:	a4616-08
court:	NJ Superior Court Appellate Division
decided:	2010-11-08
status:	unpublished
citation:
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26 STATE OF NEW JERSEY v. BILEN B. YENICI -- rank: 657

... the jury on the defense of mistake of fact under N.J.S.A. 2C:2-4. Defendant contends that he was entitled to assert the defense ... either of the drugs he suspected were in the package. N.J.S.A. 2C:2-4, in applicable part, states: a. Ignorance or mistake as to ... also Cannel, New Jersey Criminal Code Annotated , comment 2 on N.J.S.A. 2C:2-4 (2006). In this case, defendant presented no evidence in support ...

docket:	A2814-04
court:	NJ Superior Court Appellate Division
decided:	2006-06-29
status:	unpublished
citation:
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27 STATE OF NEW JERSEY v. KENNETH WICKLIFF -- rank: 652

... charged. Cannel, New Jersey Criminal Code Annotated , Comment 2 on N.J.S.A. 2C:2-4 (2005). In Sexton , supra , the Supreme Court concluded that subsection ... Penal Code, Commentary, Volume II (1971), and statutory notes on N.J.S.A. 2C:2-4. In this regard, 330 N.J. Super. 516 , 523 (App ... J. Super. 561 , 566 (App. Div. 2000). On this score, N.J.S.A. 2C:2-4, an essential element of this offense is defendant's knowledge ... under the limited conditions set forth in subsection (c) of N.J.S.A. 2C:2-4, and a mistake, as claimed here, as to some external ...

docket:	A0142-03
court:	NJ Superior Court Appellate Division
decided:	2005-06-17
status:	published
citation:
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28 STATE OF NEW JERSEY v. CLARENCE SCOTT -- rank: 646

... the jury regarding the mistake of fact defense pursuant to N.J.S.A. 2C:2-4; (3) request the trial court to mold instructions to the ...

docket:	a5238-11
court:	New Jersey Superior Court Appellate Division
decided:	2014-03-04
status:	Published
citation:
Document Size:	34329

29 /usr/local/share/www/libweb/collections/courts/appellate/a5496-15.opn.html -- rank: 630

... to charge the defense of mistake of fact was erroneous. N.J.S.A. 2C:2-4(a)(1) provides: '[i]gnorance or mistake as to a ...

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court:	NJ Superior Court Law/Chancery Division
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30 STATE OF NEW JERSEY v. THERESA THOMPSON -- rank: 627

... for a charge on mistake of law and fact under N.J.S.A. 2C:2-4, reasoning that he was "overly optimistic" in expecting the judge ... the necessity defense but not on the belated request under N.J.S.A. 2C:2-4. It is well settled that "[q]uestions not raised below ... 1974). Thompson did not rely on a particular subsection of N.J.S.A. 2C:2-4 in requesting an instruction on mistake of law or fact ...

docket:	a3392-05
court:	njappellate
decided:	2007-05-18
status:	unpublished
citation:	*CITE_PENDING*
Document Size:	63513