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31 STATE OF NEW JERSEY v. DAWMEEN FITZGERALD -- rank: 822

... 35-7.1; first-degree financial facilitation of criminal activity, N.J.S.A. 2C:21-25(a); third-degree unlawful possession of a weapon in ... factors were not properly considered. In addition, Dawud contends that N.J.S.A. 2C:21-27(c) is unconstitutional because it mandated a consecutive sentence ... of the statute" as to the non-merger provision of N.J.S.A. 2C:21-27(c) and that its application is constitutional because the ... was mandated for the financial facilitation of criminal activity conviction. N.J.S.A. 2C:21-27(c) requires that a sentence imposed for that conviction ... in Dawud's argument that the anti-merger provision in N.J.S.A. 2C:21-27(c) is unconstitutional when combined with the life sentence ... only on possession of cash proceeds from drug sales. Through N.J.S.A. 2C:21-25 and N.J.S.A. 2C:21-27( ...

docket:	A1282-05
court:	New Jersey Superior Court Appellate Division
decided:	2008-06-30
status:	unpublished
citation:
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32 STATE OF NEW JERSEY v. NORVIL PETERSON -- rank: 817

... credit card, N.J.S.A. 2C:5-2 and N.J.S.A. 2C:21-6(h) (Count 1); four counts of third-degree fraudulent use of a credit card, N.J.S.A. 2C:21-6(h) (Counts 2 through 5); two counts of fourth-degree possession of false government documents, N.J.S.A. 2C:21-2.1(d) (Counts 10 and 11); one count of ... identity theft, N.J.S.A. 2C:5-2 and N.J.S.A. 2C:21-17(a)(1) (Count 12); two counts of third-degree assuming a false identity, N.J.S.A. 2C:21-17(a)(1) (Counts 13 and 14); four counts of ... fourth-degree distributing personal information of another for fraudulent purposes, N.J.S.A. 2C:21-17.3(a) (Counts 15 through 18); one count ...

docket:	a0060-09
court:	NJ Superior Court Appellate Division
decided:	2012-01-12
status:	unpublished
citation:
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33 STATE OF NEW JERSEY v. CHRISTOPHER DENT -- rank: 812

... Christopher Dent with third-degree financial facilitation of criminal activity, N.J.S.A. 2C:21-25a (count one); third-degree possession of a controlled dangerous ...

docket:	a6253-11
court:	New Jersey Superior Court Appellate Division
decided:	2014-09-05
status:	Published
citation:
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34 STATE OF NEW JERSEY v. SHAWN M. SIMPSON -- rank: 805

... with seven theft offenses: five counts of third-degree forgery, N.J.S.A. 2C:21-1(a)(3), and two counts of third- degree theft ...

docket:	a2525-21
court:	NJ Superior Court Appellate Division
decided:	2023-10-16
status:	Unpublished
citation:
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35 STATE OF NEW JERSEY v. JOSE O. ESCOBAR -- rank: 802

... to first-degree financial facilitation of criminal activity (money laundering), N.J.S.A. 2C:21-25a, pursuant to a plea agreement after his motion to ... not cover safety equipment, including fire extinguishers. Defendant alternatively challenged N.J.S.A. 2C:21-25 and -26 as unconstitutionally vague. The State justified the ... U.S.C.A. § 1956, Judge DeVesa was convinced N.J.S.A. 2C:21-25 and -26 were neither unconstitutionally vague nor overbroad. See ... 2d 1050 , 1055-58 (4th Cir. l992) . The judge found N.J.S.A. 2C:21-25a to be clear on its face as it placed ... activity." Judge DeVesa also found unpersuasive defendant's argument that N.J.S.A. 2C:21-26, 2 when read with N.J.S.A. 2C:21-25a, creates an impermissible presumption violative of due process. ...

docket:	a4816-09
court:	NJ Superior Court Appellate Division
decided:	2011-07-25
status:	unpublished
citation:
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36 STATE OF NEW JERSEY v. IBN M. JONES, -- rank: 802

... 2C:5-2 (count two); (3) first-degree money laundering, N.J.S.A. 2C:21-25(a) and (b)(1) (count 3 The enhanced first ... 3771-18 20 'AGGREGATION OF TRANSACTIONS' PROVISION AS DEFINED AT N.J.S.A. 2C:21-27. [NOT RAISED [BELOW]] (A) The Law As To Grand ... if the amount involved is $500,000.00 or more.' N.J.S.A. 2C:21-27(a). The judge found the State instructed the grand ... the degree of that crime, and that's found under N.J.S.A. 2C:21-25. A person is guilty of financial facilitation – and ...

docket:	a3771-18
court:	NJ Superior Court Appellate Division
decided:	2023-03-21
status:	Unpublished
citation:
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37 STATE OF NEW JERSEY v. DANIELLE N. DIANGELO -- rank: 795

... January 20, 2010, she pled guilty to third-degree forgery, N.J.S.A. 2C:21-1(a)(2), for which a four-year non-custodial ... 26, 2010, charged defendant with three third-degree offenses: forgery, N.J.S.A. 2C:21-1(a)(2), uttering a forged instrument, N.J.S.A. 2C:21-1(a)(3), and theft by unlawful taking, N.J ...

docket:	a2230-11
court:	NJ Superior Court Appellate Division
decided:	2013-02-13
status:	published
citation:	434 N.J.Super. 443 84 A.3d 1019
Document Size:	54890

38 STATE OF NEW JERSEY v. WILSON A. PINOS RIVERA -- rank: 785

... degree conspiracy to commit money laundering and theft by deception, N.J.S.A. 2C:21-25(b)(2)(a), N.J.S.A. 2C:20 ... degree conspiracy to commit money laundering and theft by deception, N.J.S.A. 2C:21- 25(b)(2)(a), N.J.S.A. 2C:20 ... J.S.A. 2C:5-2; first-degree money laundering, N.J.S.A. 2C:21-25(b)(2)(a) and N.J.S.A. 2C ...

docket:	a3253-21
court:	NJ Superior Court Appellate Division
decided:	2024-03-04
status:	Unpublished
citation:
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39 STATE OF NEW JERSEY v. MARSHA G. BERNARD, -- rank: 785

... facilitate criminal activity, N.J.S.A. 2C:5-2, N.J.S.A. 2C:21-25, and N.J.S.A. 2C:35-5; first ... included second-degree financial facilitation of criminal activity (money laundering), N.J.S.A. 2C:21- A-3811-15T2 2 25. The jury could not reach ... transactions. However, the statutory provisions upon which the State relied, N.J.S.A. 2C:21-25(a) and 25(b)(1), do not require that ... reasonable person would believe to be derived from criminal activity.' N.J.S.A. 2C:21-25(a). N.J.S.A. A-3811-15T2 47 ... property involved represents proceeds from some form . . . of criminal activity.' N.J.S.A. 2C:21-25(d); see State v. Harris, 373 N.J. Super. 253, 265 (App. Div. 2004) (noting that N.J.S.A. 2C:21-25 ''reach[es] well beyond'' laundering behavior and criminalizes '' ...

docket:	a3811-15
court:	NJ Superior Court Appellate Division
decided:	2019-02-06
status:	Unpublished
citation:
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40 LINDA PONDEN v. WILLIAM E. PONDEN, et al. -- rank: 780

... hold that N.J.S.A. 2C:5-2 and N.J.S.A. 2C:21-25c (count one); first-degree money laundering, N.J.S ... by deception, N.J.S.A. 2C:20-4 and N.J.S.A. 2C:21-15 and See footnote 1 Scott was owner and CEO ... THE JURY INSTRUCTIONS ISSUED RESPECTING MONEY LAUNDERING WERE PALPABLY INSUFFICIENT. N.J.S.A. 2C:21-25 provides: A person is guilty of a crime if ... the criminal activity facilitated or promoted. Defendant admits, however, that N.J.S.A. 2C:21-25 does not, on its face, require the elemental separation ... certif. denied , 180 N.J. 354 (2004).     The text of N.J.S.A. 2C:21-25 makes clear by use of the designations (a) or ... some form . . . of criminal activity."     The public policy expressed in N.J.S.A. 2C:21-23 supports the application of the statute to defendant' ...

docket:	a4661-02
court:	njappellate
decided:	2004-11-29
status:	published
citation:	373 N.J. Super. 253
Document Size:	43955

41 STATE OF NEW JERSEY v. ABNER RODRIGUEZ -- rank: 776

... 1); third-degree financial facilitation of criminal activity (money laundering), N.J.S.A. 2C:21-25(a); second-degree possession of a firearm for an ...

docket:	a3586-19
court:	NJ Superior Court Appellate Division
decided:	2021-01-25
status:	Published
citation:
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42 STATE OF NEW JERSEY v. MICHAEL D. STERN -- rank: 773

... as a fiduciary, in an amount greater than $75,000. N.J.S.A. 2C:21-15. Challenging the unanimity of the jury's verdict as ... jury unanimously found defendant guilty of misapplication of entrusted property, N.J.S.A. 2C:21-15, and it indicated on its verdict sheet that the ... second-degree misapplication of entrusted property, is a violation of N.J.S.A. 2C:21-15, which statute provides in relevant part:   A person commits ... a fiduciary, which was necessary to sustain his conviction under N.J.S.A. 2C:21-15. He frames this argument as the verdict being against ... D. , 211 N.J. 344 , 354 (2012). Defendant argues that N.J.S.A. 2C:21-15 lists fiduciaries that are unlike his position as a ... of a corporation or other organization which is a fiduciary." N.J.S.A. 2C:21-15. Furthermore, N.J.S.A. 2C:20-1( ...

docket:	a4744-10
court:	NJ Superior Court Appellate Division
decided:	2013-04-30
status:	unpublished
citation:
Document Size:	61258

43 /usr/local/share/www/libweb/collections/courts/appellate/a1028-14a2838-14.opn.html -- rank: 771

... of the sentences imposed for financial facilitation of criminal activity, N.J.S.A. 2C:21-25(b)(2); we affirm in all other respects. Before ... co-defendant Nancy Cartagena pled guilty to third-degree forgery, N.J.S.A. 2C:21-1. Defendant did not plead guilty and, in December 2013 ... three counts of second-degree financial facilitation of criminal activity, N.J.S.A. 2C:21-25(b)(2); two counts of second-degree conspiracy to ... 2C:5-2(a); third-degree uttering a forged instrument, N.J.S.A. 2C:21-1(a)(3); and fourth-degree forgery, N.J.S.A. 2C:21-1(a)(2). Defendant's motion for a new trial ... two counts consecutively. In its findings, the trial court stated N.J.S.A. 2C:21-27(c) requires that, if there is more than ...

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court:	NJ Superior Court Law/Chancery Division
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44 EVER N HERNANDEZ v. STATE OF NEW JERSEY -- rank: 768

... for exhibiting a false driver's license, a violation of N.J.S.A. 2C:21-2.1(c). After spending months in jail and ultimately ... means of identification of a person's identity," contrary to N.J.S.A. 2C:21-2.1(c), a third degree crime. 4 Defendant believed ... entitled to qualified immunity against plaintiff's claims. In analyzing N.J.S.A. 2C:21-2.1(c), the judge stated: [A] violation occurs when ... finding "probable cause to arrest plaintiff for [his] violation of N.J.S.A. 2C:21-2.1(c) . . . [because] defendant reasonably believed that plaintiff was ... for exhibiting a false driver's license, in violation of N.J.S.A. 2C:21-2.1(c). See Morillo , supra , 222 N.J. at ... by a non-governmental entity. Even if, as plaintiff asserts, N.J.S.A. 2C:21-2.1(c) requires a government agency to issue ...

docket:	a1645-13
court:	NJ Superior Court Appellate Division
decided:	2015-09-29
status:	unpublished
citation:
Document Size:	67750

45 STATE OF NEW JERSEY v. KWABENA OHENE-BONSU -- rank: 766

... and with the purpose to avoid prosecution for a crime, N.J.S.A. 2C:21-17(a)(4). Defendant also received summonses for violating PIP ...

docket:	a2240-21
court:	NJ Superior Court Appellate Division
decided:	2024-02-13
status:	Unpublished
citation:
Document Size:	21358