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31 STATE OF NEW JERSEY v. DANIEL ST. CLAIRE -- 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:	a5928-04
court:	njappellate
decided:	2007-05-18
status:	unpublished
citation:	*CITE_PENDING*
Document Size:	63816

32 STATE OF NEW JERSEY v. OZCAN DEMIRBULAKLI -- rank: 621

... on whether his conduct was criminal, which is governed by N.J.S.A. 2C:2-4 (2009)). More recently, the Supreme Court in Pena , supra , reviewed ... only under the narrow terms available under subsection (c) of N.J.S.A. 2C:2-4, and a mistake as to some external body of law ... is not cognizable as a mistake of law, pursuant to N.J.S.A. 2C:2-4 (2009)). There is no mental state that can be negated ...

docket:	a3889-06
court:	superior court appellate division
decided:	2010-01-29
status:	unpublished
citation:
Document Size:	60044

33 STATE OF NEW JERSEY v. BERNICE KIRKLAND MOTLEY -- rank: 602

... SEVEN OF THE INDICTMENT AS RELATES TO "THEFT BY DECEPTION' N.J.S.A. 2C:2-4 MUST BE DISMISSED FOR FAILURE OF PROOFS. POINT II: COUNT ...

docket:	A0406-04
court:	NJ Superior Court Appellate Division
decided:	2006-04-03
status:	unpublished
citation:
Document Size:	101423

34 STATE OF NEW JERSEY v. BERNICE KIRKLAND MOTLEY -- rank: 602

... SEVEN OF THE INDICTMENT AS RELATES TO "THEFT BY DECEPTION' N.J.S.A. 2C:2-4 MUST BE DISMISSED FOR FAILURE OF PROOFS. POINT II: COUNT ...

docket:	A2270-03
court:	NJ Superior Court Appellate Division
decided:	2006-04-03
status:	unpublished
citation:
Document Size:	101423

35 STATE OF NEW JERSEY v. MAYTEE CORDERO -- rank: 583

... v. Sexton , 160 N.J. 93, 98-107 (1999) (discussing N.J.S.A. 2C:2-4(a) and mistake of fact as a defense). Nonetheless, the ...

docket:	a4061-12
court:	NJ Superior Court Appellate Division
decided:	2014-12-29
status:	published
citation:	438 N.J.Super. 472 105 A.3d 1129
Document Size:	54040

36 STATE OF NEW JERSEY v. SHAMSIDDI ABDUR-RAHEEM -- rank: 575

... already dead. See Model Jury Charges (Criminal), 'Ignorance or Mistake (N.J.S.A. 2C:2-4)' (approved May 7, 2007). The prosecutor objected, arguing that defendant ...

docket:	a2178-20
court:	NJ Superior Court Appellate Division
decided:	2023-06-23
status:	Unpublished
citation:
Document Size:	36949

37 CLIFFORD J. GRAF v. NEW JERSEY DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS -- rank: 572

... J.A.C. 10A:4-3.1(a)2; see N.J.S.A. 2C:2-4 (describing the narrow circumstances under which ignorance of the law ...

docket:	a6105-08
court:	superior court appellate division
decided:	2010-08-04
status:	unpublished
citation:
Document Size:	36870

38 STATE OF NEW JERSEY v. MICHAEL D. ANTRUM -- rank: 569

... subsection c. of this section by clear and convincing evidence. [ N.J.S.A. 2C:2-4.] At the evidentiary hearing, defendant testified that he lived in ...

docket:	a1714-09
court:	superior court appellate division
decided:	2011-01-10
status:	unpublished
citation:
Document Size:	18867

39 STATE OF NEW JERSEY v. MAURICE BRACK -- rank: 558

... to kill the victim, but only to 'rough him up.' N.J.S.A. 2C:2-4 defines mistake of fact in relevant part as follows: a ...

docket:	a4224-16
court:	NJ Superior Court Appellate Division
decided:	2018-12-21
status:	Unpublished
citation:
Document Size:	27929

40 STATE OF NEW JERSEY v. DEWIGHT GREER -- rank: 534

... 5a(1) and 2C:35-5b(3); theft by deception, N.J.S.A. 2C:2-4; conspiracy to commit theft, N.J.S.A. 2C:5 ...

docket:	a0952-15
court:	NJ Superior Court Appellate Division
decided:	2016-04-07
status:	unpublished
citation:
Document Size:	27044

41 STATE OF NEW JERSEY v. KATHERINE L. PARSONS -- rank: 405

... e)(2). We add the following brief comments. Pursuant to N.J.S.A. 2C:2-4(a), a mistake of fact "is a defense if the ...

docket:	a2552-14
court:	NJ Superior Court Appellate Division
decided:	2016-07-07
status:	unpublished
citation:
Document Size:	22039

42 STATE OF NEW JERSEY v. CHERISUE CUBOL -- rank: 380

... a failure to understand the illegal nature of the act. N.J.S.A. 2C:2-4. Defendant appropriately conceded at oral argument that there was no ...

docket:	A2436-05
court:	NJ Superior Court Appellate Division
decided:	2007-03-05
status:	unpublished
citation:
Document Size:	36248