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1 State in the Interest of D.M., a Juvenile -- rank: 1000

... ” N.J.S.A. 2C:14-2(a)(1); N.J.S.A. 2C:14-1(c).2 To prove that element, the State relied primarily ... sent by Z.Y. to him. D.M. and 2 N.J.S.A. 2C:14-1(c) also provides that “[t]he depth of insertion ... victim or sexually arousing or sexually gratifying the actor.” N.J.S.A. 2C:14-1(d). 18 committed an act of sexual contact -- whether or ...

docket:	a-30-17
court:	NJ Supreme Court
decided:	2019-05-14
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citation:	238 N.J. 2 207 A.3d 250
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2 STATE OF NEW JERSEY v. KEITH DRAKE -- rank: 962

... by penetration of a minor less than thirteen years old, N.J.S.A. 2C:14-1(a)(1), again contrasting that "use or threat of immediate ...

docket:	a1514-14
court:	NJ Superior Court Appellate Division
decided:	2016-02-24
status:	published
citation:	444 N.J.Super. 265 132 A.3d 1270
Document Size:	67648

3 STATE OF NEW JERSEY v. GARY TWIGGS -- rank: 897

... S.A. 2C:1-14(e), (g), and (j), and N.J.S.A. 2C:14-1(a)). The Court concluded "that the word 'actor' refers to ... 2C:1-14(g) ("'actor' include[s] any natural person"). N.J.S.A. 2C:14-1(a) defines "the actor" in sex offenses as "a person ...

docket:	a4417-14
court:	NJ Superior Court Appellate Division
decided:	2016-03-22
status:	published
citation:	445 N.J.Super. 23 135 A.3d 981
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4 State v. Eric Clemente Rangel -- rank: 895

... injury, disfigurement, disease, incapacitating mental anguish or chronic pain.” N.J.S.A. 2C:14-1(f). Clearly, the Legislature considered the fault line between a ... mental anguish or chronic pain,” is not before us. N.J.S.A. 2C:14-1(f) (defining “severe personal injury”). The State did not ...

docket:	A-88-11
court:	NJ Supreme Court
decided:	2013-04-29
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5 State v. Gary Twiggs State v. James E. Jones & Likisha Jones -- rank: 875

... in N.J.S.A. 2C:1-14. For example, N.J.S.A. 2C:14-1, relating to sexual offenses, defines “actor” as “a ...

docket:	a_51_16
court:	NJ Supreme Court
decided:	2018-06-19
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6 State v. James E. Jones & Likisha Jones -- rank: 875

... in N.J.S.A. 2C:1-14. For example, N.J.S.A. 2C:14-1, relating to sexual offenses, defines “actor” as “a ...

docket:	a-63-16
court:	New Jersey Supreme Court
decided:	2018-06-19
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7 /usr/local/share/www/libweb/collections/courts/supreme/a_63_64_65_16.opn.html -- rank: 875

... in N.J.S.A. 2C:1-14. For example, N.J.S.A. 2C:14-1, relating to sexual offenses, defines “actor” as “a ...

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court:	NJ Superior Court Law/Chancery Division
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8 STATE OF NEW JERSEY v. PETER TRIESTMAN -- rank: 873

... Newark. The prosecutor read the definitions and provi�sions of N.J.S.A. 2C:14-1 and N.J.S.A. 2C:13-5 to the ... on September 23, 2008, she read the definitions contained in N.J.S.A. 2C:14-1, including the definition of "sexual contact" as follows: Sexual contact ... emphasize the involuntary and personally-offensive nature of the touching. N.J.S.A. 2C:14-1(d). Sex�ual contact is criminal under the same cir ...

docket:	a6408-08
court:	superior court appellate division
decided:	2010-01-27
status:	published
citation:	416 N.J. Super. 195 3 A.3d 634
Document Size:	81969

9 State v. John J. Lawless, Jr. -- rank: 864

... person alleging to have been subjected to offenses proscribed by [ N.J.S.A. 2C:14-1 to -10].”� N.J.S.A. 2C:14-1(b).� In domestic violence matters, a victim is defined as ...

docket:	A-89-11
court:	NJ Supreme Court
decided:	2013-07-22
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10 STATE OF NEW JERSEY v. M.C -- rank: 824

... the definitions applicable to Chapter 14 of the Criminal Code, N.J.S.A. 2C:14-1 to -12, see L. 2011, c. 232, and N.J ... establishing S.S. was 'mentally defective' within the meaning of N.J.S.A. 2C:14-1(h) and, as a result, the State did not prove ... with committing the offense because S.S. was 'mentally defective.' N.J.S.A. 2C:14- 1(h)4 defined 'mentally defective' as a 'condition in which ... including, but not limited to, being incapable of providing consent[.]' N.J.S.A. 2C:14-1(h) (2011). In State v. Olivio, 123 N.J. 550 ... a narrow interpretation of the concept of mentally defective under N.J.S.A. 2C:14-1(h),' and formulated a 'standard defining 'mentally defective' for purposes ... that 'a person 4 As noted in footnote 4, supra, N.J.S.A. 2C:14-1(h) was subsequently deleted and N.J.S.A. ...

docket:	a1137-15
court:	New Jersey Superior Court Appellate Division
decided:	2018-08-03
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11 STATE OF NEW JERSEY v. JOHN KATSIGIANNIS -- rank: 798

... younger than the defendant. Ibid. "Sexual contact," as defined in N.J.S.A. 2C:14-1(d) in pertinent part as "an intentional touching . . . of the ...

docket:	a4685-12
court:	NJ Superior Court Appellate Division
decided:	2014-10-01
status:	unpublished
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12 STATE OF NEW JERSEY v. DEMITRI NEIVES -- rank: 787

... his relative youth as a mandatory statutory mitigating factor under N.J.S.A. 2C:14-1(b)(14). Defendant argues that although the amendment to N ...

docket:	a4602-19
court:	NJ Superior Court Appellate Division
decided:	2022-01-31
status:	Unpublished
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13 State v. Thomas G. Zeidell -- rank: 782

... gratification of the actor.� Cannel, supra , at comment 4 on N.J.S.A. 2C:14-1 (emphasis added). When enacted, however, the New Jersey Legislature changed ... the victim or sexually arousing or sexually gratifying the actor.� N.J.S.A. 2C:14-1 (emphasis added). Neither of the statutes on which the Philadelphia ... 1992); Cannel, New Jersey Criminal Code, Annotated , comment 4 on N.J.S.A. 2C:14-1 (1997-98)(noting that "when the actor touches himself . . . and ...

docket:	a-97-97
court:	njsupreme
decided:	1998-06-04
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citation:	154 N.J. 417
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14 State of New Jersey v. Andrew Higginbotham -- rank: 773

... than completely and opaquely covered intimate parts, as defined in N.J.S.A. 2C:14-1, 6 in a manner that, by means of the posing ... act of sexual penetration or sexual contact as defined in N.J.S.A. 2C:14-1.” N.J.S.A. 2C:24-4(b)(1). 6 Under N.J.S.A. 2C:14-1(e), “intimate parts” means “sexual organs, genital area ... contact with a child’s intimate parts, as defined in N.J.S.A. 2C:14-1, in a manner that, by means of the posing, composition ...

docket:	a_57_22
court:	supreme
decided:	2024-05-07
status:	Published
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15 /usr/local/share/www/libweb/collections/courts/appellate/a5004-16.opn.html -- rank: 773

... flee or is physically unable to communicate unwillingness to act.' N.J.S.A. 2C:14-1(g). Importantly, in State v. Rush, we held the jury ... the definition of the term 'physically helpless' set forth in N.J.S.A. 2C:14-1(g) applies to all offenses in chapter 14 of Title ... moment of an act of sexual contact as defined in N.J.S.A. 2C:14-1(d) applies as well to a victim who is sleeping ... moment of an act of sexual penetration as defined in N.J.S.A. 2C:14-1(c). 12 A-5004-16 based on her testimony that ...

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