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151 STATE OF NEW JERSEY v. OMAR GALVEZ -- rank: 764

... conviction and sixty- five-year sentence for first-degree murder, N.J.S.A. 2C:11- 3(a)(1), following a jury trial. Defendant also appeals the ... Martinez were indicted for one count of first-degree murder, N.J.S.A. 2C:11-3(a)(1). The indictment also charged Martinez with third-degree ... POINT I GIVEN THE DISPARITY BETWEEN [DEFENDANT'S] SENTENCE OF N.J.S.A. 2C:11-3(a)(1) OF MURDER, FOR A CONVICTION OF 65 YEAR ... State v. Roth, 95 N.J. 334, 364-65 (1984)). N.J.S.A. 2C:11-3 provides in part that an individual convicted of first-degree ... caus[ing] death or serious bodily injury resulting in death.' N.J.S.A. 2C:11-3. The crime for which Martinez was convicted carries a maximum ... was convicted, and the maximum sentence is life imprisonment. See N.J.S.A. 2C:11-3(b). Thus, contrary to defendant's conclusory assertion that ...

docket:	a2121-16
court:	NJ Superior Court Appellate Division
decided:	2018-05-17
status:	unpublished
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152 STATE OF NEW JERSEY v. JUAN F. HERNANDEZ -- rank: 764

... degree conspiracy to commit the murder of Jose Luis Ortiz, N.J.S.A. 2C:11-3(a)(1) and N.J.S.A. 2C:5-2 ... first-degree conspiracy to commit the murder of Eduardo Bernal, N.J.S.A. 2C:11-3(a)(1) and N.J.S.A. 2C:5-2 ... J. 488, 512 (2013). As for the crime of murder, N.J.S.A. 2C:11-3(a) provides that 'criminal homicide constitutes murder when: (1) [t ... convict a defendant of purposeful serious bodily injury murder under N.J.S.A. 2C:11-3(a)(1), the State must prove that it was the ... 2),' (rev. Apr. 12, 2010); Model Jury Charges (Criminal), 'Murder ( N.J.S.A. 2C:11- 3(a)(1) and 3(a)(2)),' (rev. June 14, 2004 ... of the charge. 6 See Model Jury Charges (Criminal), 'Murder ( N.J.S.A. 2C:11-3(a)(1) and 3(a)(2)),' (rev. June 14, ...

docket:	a1138-17
court:	NJ Superior Court Appellate Division
decided:	2019-04-26
status:	Unpublished
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153 STATE OF NEW JERSEY v. QUINNIZEL J. CLARK -- rank: 764

... under indictment number 17- 01-0033 with first-degree murder, N.J.S.A. 2C:11-3(a)(1) and 2C:11-3(a)(2) (count one ...

docket:	a2755-17
court:	NJ Superior Court Appellate Division
decided:	2020-12-01
status:	Unpublished
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154 STATE OF NEW JERSEY v. MALIK SINGER -- rank: 761

... 08-06-0398) with first-degree murder of Michael Love, N.J.S.A. 2C:11-3(a)(1) and (2), first- degree conspiracy to commit murder, N.J.S.A. 2C:5-2 and N.J.S.A. 2C:11-3, and second-degree possession of a handgun for unlawful purposes ... murder. See N.J.S.A. 2C:5-2 and N.J.S.A. 2C:11-3. Defendant's claim his conviction was against the weight of ...

docket:	a4620-16
court:	NJ Superior Court Appellate Division
decided:	2018-10-18
status:	Unpublished
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155 STATE OF NEW JERSEY v. LANCE A. FULTON -- rank: 759

... sentence authorized by law would be thirty years without parole. N.J.S.A. 2C:11-3(b)(1). If the court imposed a life sentence, the ... Camden County grand jury charged defendant with knowing/purposeful murder, N.J.S.A. 2C:11-3(a)(1) or (2); felony murder, N.J.S.A ...

docket:	a2161-19
court:	NJ Superior Court Appellate Division
decided:	2021-08-09
status:	Unpublished
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156 /usr/local/share/www/libweb/collections/courts/appellate/a4010-17.opn.html -- rank: 759

... a jury trial, defendant was convicted of first-degree murder, N.J.S.A. 2C:11-3(a)(1), (2), (count one); second-degree unlawful possession of ...

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157 STATE OF NEW JERSEY v. JUAN D. SANES -- rank: 759

... attempted murder, N.J.S.A. 2C:5-1 and N.J.S.A. 2C:11-3(a)(1) (count one), and first-degree conspiracy to commit murder, N.J.S.A. 2C:5-2 and N.J.S.A. 2C:11- 3(a)(1) (count two). He was also charged with four ...

docket:	a5319-17
court:	NJ Superior Court Appellate Division
decided:	2021-08-31
status:	Unpublished
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158 STATE OF NEW JERSEY v. SAMANDER S. DABAS -- rank: 759

... knowing murder of his wife Renu Dabas, in violation of N.J.S.A. 2C:11-3(a)(1) or (2) (count one), and the knowing attempt ... to the lesser offenses of aggravated manslaughter or vehicular homicide. N.J.S.A. 2C:11-3(a) provides that "criminal homicide constitutes murder when: (1) The ... in death." To convict a defendant of purposeful murder under N.J.S.A. 2C:11-3(a)(1), the State must prove that it was the ... 2000). Alternatively, to convict a defendant of knowing murder under N.J.S.A. 2C:11-3(a)(2), the State "must prove that the defendant was ... of thirty-years without parole for purposeful or knowing murder. N.J.S.A. 2C:11-3(b)(1). Although there was very strong evidence that Samander ...

docket:	a3858-07
court:	NJ Superior Court Appellate Division
decided:	2011-10-26
status:	unpublished
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159 STATE OF NEW JERSEY v. TAHJ J. PINES -- rank: 759

... 2C:15-1 (count three); and first-degree felony murder, N.J.S.A. 2C:11-3(a)(3) (count four). 2 The trial judge merged counts ... to sua sponte charge the statutory defense to felony murder, N.J.S.A. 2C:11-3(a)(3). Because defendant did not raise this issue at ... quoting State v. Chapland , 187 N.J. 275 , 289 (2006). N.J.S.A. 2C:11-3(a)(3) is an affirmative defense to felony murder. State ... defendant must present some evidence supporting all four factors of N.J.S.A. 2C:11-3(a)(3)). When the defendant satisfies this obligation, the burden ... have been the shooter, this only provided support for factors N.J.S.A. 2C:11-3(a)(3)(a) and (b). There was no evidence at all supporting factors N.J.S.A. 2C:11-3(a)(3)(c) and (d) -- that defendant had no ...

docket:	a4721-12
court:	NJ Superior Court Appellate Division
decided:	2016-04-14
status:	unpublished
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160 State v. Shariff Ingram -- rank: 759

... court erred in failing to correct the prosecutor’s misstatements. N.J.S.A. 2C:11-3(a)(3) provides that in any prosecution for felony murder ... one count of first-degree felony murder, in violation of N.J.S.A. 2C:11-3(a)(3); one count of third-degree theft, in violation ... statutory affirmative defense to felony murder. The felony murder statute, N.J.S.A. 2C:11-3(a)(3), states that criminal homicide constitutes murder when . . . the ... four elements of the felony murder affirmative defense codified at N.J.S.A. 2C:11-3(a)(3). The propriety of those efforts is underscored by ...

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decided:	2008-07-21
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citation:	196 N.J. 23
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161 STATE OF NEW JERSEY v. DENNIS W. POZNIAK -- rank: 759

... jury convicted defendant of two counts of first-degree murder, N.J.S.A. 2C:11-3(a)(1) and (2), as well as one count of ... is not our function. With the exception of felony murder, N.J.S.A. 2C:11-3(a)(3), to be guilty of murder, a defendant must ... knowingly cause death or serious bodily injury resulting in death. N.J.S.A. 2C:11-3(a)(1) and (2). Homicide constitutes aggravated manslaughter when the ...

docket:	a3442-16
court:	NJ Superior Court Appellate Division
decided:	2019-03-11
status:	Unpublished
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162 /usr/local/share/www/libweb/collections/courts/appellate/a0195-12xx.opn.html -- rank: 756

... indictment against defendant, charging him with first-degree attempted murder, N.J.S.A. 2C:11-3 and N.J.S.A. 2C:5-1 (count one ...

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163 State v. Samuel Ryan -- rank: 756

... person convicted of a crime under any of the following: N.J.S.A. 2C:11-3; subsection a. of N.J.S.A. 2C:11-4 ... prison term without parole eligibility for a murder conviction under N.J.S.A. 2C:11-3(b)(1) constituted cruel and unusual punishment and thus violated ...

docket:	a-65-20
court:	NJ Supreme Court
decided:	2022-02-07
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164 State v. Nance/Bolton/Williams -- rank: 756

... attempting to commit, or fleeing from the following crimes: murder, N.J.S.A. 2C:11-3; manslaughter, N.J.S.A. 2C:11-4; aggravated assault ...

docket:	A-47-48
court:	NJ Supreme Court
decided:	2017-04-05
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165 STATE OF NEW JERSEY v. NESTOR FRANCISCO, -- rank: 756

... indictment charging defendant with: first-degree knowing or purposeful murder, N.J.S.A. 2C:11-3(a)(1) and (2) (count one); first-degree felony murder, N.J.S.A. 2C:11-3(a)(3) (count two); first-degree robbery, N.J.S ... thirty-year period of parole A-3840-18 48 ineligibility, N.J.S.A. 2C:11-3(b)(1), or an eighty-five percent period of parole ... midpoint between the 30-year minimum period of parole ineligibility, N.J.S.A. 2C:11-3(b)(1), and the 63.75-year maximum period of ...

docket:	a3840-18
court:	NJ Superior Court Appellate Division
decided:	2022-04-08
status:	Published
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