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1 STATE OF NEW JERSEY v. BRIAN E. KILLION -- rank: 1000

... knows to be present. [ Id. at 428.] In contrast, lewdness, N.J.S.A. 2C:14-4(b)(1), "is limited to exposing or displaying an actor ...

docket:	a5025-13
court:	NJ Superior Court Appellate Division
decided:	2017-04-26
status:	unpublished
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2 STATE OF NEW JERSEY,Plaintiff-Respondent,v. CHARLES G. HACKETT,Defendant-Appellant. -- rank: 939

... degree.     As originally enacted as part of the Criminal Code, N.J.S.A. 2C:14-4 was amended by L. 1992, c. 8, § 1, by designating ... supra , 154 N.J. at 428.]     The Court also discussed N.J.S.A. 2C:14-4 proscribing lewdness. It noted:         [U]nder the Code, lewdness can ... by a nonconsenting person who would be affronted or alarmed, N.J.S.A. 2C:14-4(a). The same episode of nudity -- for the purpose of ... a defendant may be prosecuted under and convicted under both N.J.S.A. 2C:14-4 as a fourth-degree offense and N.J.S.A ... not what the Legislature intended in its l992 amendment of N.J.S.A. 2C:14-4. It seems that the Legislature then made a careful and ... or debauched the child's morals. Any other construction of N.J.S.A. 2C:14-4, it should not have. B.     The State adduced sufficient ...

docket:	a1417-97
court:	njappellate
decided:	1999-07-26
status:	published
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3 State v. J.A.C. -- rank: 920

... and one count of fourth-degree lewdness in violation of N.J.S.A. 2C:14-4(a). Preparing for trial on the counts pertaining to C ...

docket:	A-102-10
court:	NJ Supreme Court
decided:	2012-06-14
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4 State v. Thomas G. Zeidell -- rank: 909

... the court held that the Legislature intended the lewdness statute, N.J.S.A. 2C:14-4, to “encompass only those sexual acts which are either observed ... sexual desire of the actor or of any other person. [ N.J.S.A. 2C:14-4.]     Therefore, under the Code, lewdness can be either a disorderly ...

docket:	a-97-97
court:	njsupreme
decided:	1998-06-04
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citation:	154 N.J. 417
Document Size:	58332

5 STATE OF NEW JERSEY v. N.K -- rank: 870

... S.A. 2C:24-4(a), and fourth-degree lewdness, N.J.S.A. 2C:14-4(b)(1). The charges were founded on a claim defendant ... N.J.S.A. 2C:24-4(a), and lewdness, N.J.S.A. 2C:14-4(b)(1). The sexual assault and endangering statutes do not ... S.A. 2C:2-2(b)(2). The lewdness statute, N.J.S.A. 2C:14-4(b)(1) requires that the State prove the actor commit ...

docket:	a4332-19
court:	NJ Superior Court Appellate Division
decided:	2022-02-24
status:	Unpublished
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6 STATE OF NEW JERSEY v. DAREL ASHLEY -- rank: 851

... THE JURY ON THE LESSER INCLUDED OFFENSE OF LEWDNESS UNDER N.J.S.A. 2C:14-4 (Not Raised Below). V. THE TRIAL COURT COMMITTED ERROR IN ... circumstances in which he reasonably expected her to see him. N.J.S.A. 2C:14-4 defines lewdness as follows: a. A person commits a disorderly ... to understand the sexual nature of the actor's conduct. N.J.S.A. 2C:14-4(c) defines "lewd acts" as including "the exposing of the ... unable to understand the sexual nature of defendant's conduct. N.J.S.A. 2C:14-4(b)(1) and (2). And the evidence did not establish ... a basis to find the disorderly persons offense of lewdness. N.J.S.A. 2C:14-4(a). The proofs suggested that defendant led Karen to a ...

docket:	a4849-14
court:	NJ Superior Court Appellate Division
decided:	2017-01-23
status:	unpublished
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7 STATE OF NEW JERSEY v. TODD J. SMITH -- rank: 818

... three, and thirty-five); three counts of fourth-degree lewdness, N.J.S.A. 2C:14-4(b)(1) (counts thirty-one, thirty-four, and thirty-six ... in instructing the jury on the elements of lewdness. Under N.J.S.A. 2C:14-4(b)(1), a person commits a fourth-degree crime if ... Charges (Criminal), 'Lewdness (Victim less than 13 years of age) (N.J.S.A. 2C:14-4(b)(1))' (approved Feb. 25, 2002). At the charge conference ...

docket:	a1601-19
court:	NJ Superior Court Appellate Division
decided:	2023-06-30
status:	Unpublished
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8 STATE OF NEW JERSEY v. A.A -- rank: 807

... A. 2C:14-2(b); count nine, fourth-degree lewdness, N.J.S.A. 2C:14-4(b)(1); count ten, second-degree endangering the welfare of ...

docket:	a1710-20
court:	NJ Superior Court Appellate Division
decided:	2023-10-19
status:	Unpublished
citation:
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9 STATE OF NEW JERSEY v. N.K. -- rank: 801

... 2C:24-4(a) (count two), and fourth-degree lewdness, N.J.S.A. 2C:14-4(b)(1) (count three). The charges were based on allegations ...

docket:	a5163-14
court:	NJ Superior Court Appellate Division
decided:	2018-02-05
status:	unpublished
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10 STATE OF NEW JERSEY v. C.H. -- rank: 785

... statement Dahlia merely touched his penis; or fourth-degree lewdness, N.J.S.A. 2C:14-4, if the jury only believed his initial statement that Dahlia ... saw him naked. Defendant also argues that fourth-degree lewdness, N.J.S.A. 2C:14-4(b)(1), should have been charged as a lesser included ... at 118-19. Defendant also contends that fourth-degree lewdness, N.J.S.A. 2C:14-4(b)(1), should have been charged as a lesser-included ... which charged him with endangering the welfare of a child. N.J.S.A. 2C:14-4(b)(1) states a person commits this offense if: He ... of Daisy. Defendant argues the disorderly persons offense of lewdness, N.J.S.A. 2C:14-4(a), should have been charged as a lesser-included offense for each of these charges. N.J.S.A. 2C:14-4(a) states this offense is committed if a person " ...

docket:	a1130-12
court:	NJ Superior Court Appellate Division
decided:	2015-07-09
status:	unpublished
citation:
Document Size:	40820

11 /usr/local/share/www/libweb/collections/courts/appellate/a0245-14.opn.html -- rank: 785

... A 2C:24-4(a) (count two); fourth-degree lewdness, N.J.S.A. 2C:14-4(b), as a lesser-included offense of second-degree attempted ... two) and the lesser-included fourth-degree crime of lewdness, N.J.S.A. 2C:14-4(b) (count three), both of which were merged into the ...

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12 IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF MICHAEL D. FISHER II -- rank: 779

... Fisher had previously been arrested in April 1996 for lewdness, N.J.S.A. 2C:14-4, and, in November 1999, for another incident of peering into ...

docket:	a0878-14
court:	NJ Superior Court Appellate Division
decided:	2015-12-11
status:	published
citation:	443 N.J.Super. 180 128 A.3d 203
Document Size:	68584

13 STATE OF NEW JERSEY V. THOMAS G. ZEIDELL -- rank: 768

... 2b.     [Cannel, New Jersey Criminal Code Annotated , comment 3 on      N.J.S.A. 2C:14-4 (1996-97).]     Defendant's argument that E.B. and K ...

docket:	a3671-95
court:	njappellate
decided:	1997-04-14
status:	published
citation:	299 N.J.Super. 613
Document Size:	36213

14 STATE OF NEW JERSEY v. JOHN S. POSTON -- rank: 765

... 2C:24-4(a) (count six); and fourth-degree lewdness, N.J.S.A. 2C:14-4(b) (count seven). The judge imposed an aggregate sentence of ...

docket:	a2214-14
court:	NJ Superior Court Appellate Division
decided:	2016-11-04
status:	unpublished
citation:
Document Size:	58937

15 STATE OF NEW JERSEY v. QUIASIA N. CARROLL -- rank: 763

... By contrast, the Code separately defines the offense of lewdness, N.J.S.A. 2C:14-4, and obscene material, N.J.S.A. 2C:34-3 ...

docket:	a0152-18
court:	NJ Superior Court Appellate Division
decided:	2018-11-08
status:	Published
citation:	456 N.J.Super. 520 196 A.3d 106
Document Size:	55192