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76 STATE OF NEW JERSEY v. J.A.W. -- rank: 633

... counts of second-degree endangering the welfare of a child, N.J.S.A. 2C:24-4(a)(1) (counts three, six, eight, and ten); second-degree ... 5255-17T4 19 responsibility for the care of a child . . . .' N.J.S.A. 2C:24-4(a)(1). Defendant contends there was insufficient evidence adduced at ... doubt. State v. Martinez, 97 N.J. 567, 572 (1984). N.J.S.A. 2C:24-4(a)(1) elevates the third-degree crime of endangering the ... eight, and nine, charging endangering the welfare of a child, N.J.S.A. 2C:24-4, must be vacated because the indictment and verdict sheet did ... citing State v. LaFera, 35 N.J. 75, 81 (1961)). N.J.S.A. 2C:24-4(a)(1) prohibits 'sexual conduct which would impair or debauch ...

docket:	a5255-17
court:	NJ Superior Court Appellate Division
decided:	2020-11-12
status:	Unpublished
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77 STATE OF NEW JERSEY v. J.R.D. -- rank: 631

... count two); second-degree endangering the welfare of a child, N.J.S.A. 2C:24-4(a) (count three); and his sentence. We affirm. Defendant has ... years for second-degree endangering the welfare of a child, N.J.S.A. 2C:24-4(a) (count three). The trial court found the following aggravating ... court was an element in the second-degree endangerment charge. N.J.S.A. 2C:24-4(a) states in pertinent part: Any person having a legal ...

docket:	a3476-08
court:	NJ Superior Court Appellate Division
decided:	2012-11-02
status:	unpublished
citation:
Document Size:	62946

78 IN THE MATTER OF THE CIVIL COMMITMENT OF J.S SVP-24-99 -- rank: 629

... degree and fourth-degree endangering the welfare of a child, N.J.S.A. 2C:24-4(b)(3) and (b)(5)(b), and fourth-degree criminal ...

docket:	a3665-14
court:	New Jersey Superior Court Appellate Division
decided:	2018-08-27
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citation:
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79 STATE OF NEW JERSEY v. OLVIN A. AGUILAR -- rank: 629

... plea to third-degree endangering the welfare of a child, N.J.S.A. 2C:24-4(a)(1). He argues: POINT I THE [TRIAL] COURT COMMITTED ... OF A CHILD, THERE WOULD BE AN IRRESOLVABLE CONFLICT BETWEEN N.J.S.A. 2C:24-4(a)(1) AND N.J.S.A. 2C:14-2 ... age of eighteen, which would impair or debauch her morals, N.J.S.A. 2C:24-4(a)(1) (count three). Nine months later, the State and ... involved aggravating circumstances. The judge ruled the child endangering statute, N.J.S.A. 2C:24-4(a)(1), did not require the element of aggravating circumstances ... debauch the morals of the child,'' a necessary element of N.J.S.A. 2C:24- 4(a)(1). Because there was 'no indication of force, threat ... of [c]onstitutional magnitude to hold him criminally liable [under] N.J.S.A. 2C:24-4[(a)](1) for . . . conduct . . . not criminalized [under] N.J. ...

docket:	a1056-19
court:	NJ Superior Court Appellate Division
decided:	2021-09-21
status:	Unpublished
citation:
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80 STATE OF NEW JERSEY v. G.N.W -- rank: 629

... 5 indictment charged five counts of third-degree child endangerment, N.J.S.A. 2C:24-4(a) (counts one, nine, sixteen, twenty-one, and twenty-two); four counts of second-degree manufacturing child pornography, N.J.S.A. 2C:24-4(b)(4) (counts two, ten, seventeen, and twenty-three); four ... second-degree causing a child to engage in child pornography, N.J.S.A. 2C:24-4(b)(3) (counts three, eleven, eighteen, and twenty-four); four ... and one count of fourth-degree possession of child pornography, N.J.S.A. 2C:24- 4(b)(5)(b) (count twenty-seven). On August 18, 2014 ...

docket:	a0496-17
court:	NJ Superior Court Appellate Division
decided:	2020-01-28
status:	Unpublished
citation:
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81 STATE OF NEW JERSEY v. ANGEL VASQUEZ-MERINO -- rank: 629

... the welfare of a child by engaging in sexual conduct, N.J.S.A. 2C:24-4(a)(1) (S.B. on July 1) (count two); (3 ... the welfare of a child by engaging in sexual conduct, N.J.S.A. 2C:24-4(a)(1) (V.O.) (count four); (5) second-degree luring ... the welfare of a child by engaging in sexual conduct, N.J.S.A. 2C:24-4(a)(1) (S.B. on July 7) (count six); and ... 2C:13-6(b). B. We turn to count two. N.J.S.A. 2C:24-4(a)(1) provides: [a]ny person having a legal duty ... A 'child' under the statute is any person under eighteen. N.J.S.A. 2C:24- 4(b)(1). '[T]hird-degree endangering the welfare of a ... re D.M., 238 N.J. 2, 18 (2019) (quoting N.J.S.A. 2C:24-4(a)(1)). Sexual conduct is not defined in N. ...

docket:	a2269-21
court:	NJ Superior Court Appellate Division
decided:	2023-05-04
status:	Unpublished
citation:
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82 State v. William T. Evers -- rank: 627

... his conviction of multiple violations of the child endangerment statute, N.J.S.A. 2C:24-4. The State challenges Evers’ sentence to a probationary term for ... his conviction of multiple violations of the child endangerment statute, N.J.S.A. 2C:24-4. The State challenges defendant’s sentence to a probationary term ...

docket:	a-81-01
court:	njsupreme
decided:	2003-02-13
status:
citation:	175 N.J. 355
Document Size:	118810

83 STATE OF NEW JERSEY v. DANYELL FUQUA -- rank: 624

... count of second-degree endangering the welfare of a child, N.J.S.A. 2C:24-4(a). 1 During defendant's three-day trial, at the ... 21] is guilty of a crime of the second degree. [ N.J.S.A. 2C:24-4(a) 3 ]. The statute incorporates three Title 9 statutes. N ... serious nature requiring the aid of the court[.] When construing N.J.S.A. 2C:24-4(a), as when construing any statute, "words and phrases shall ... silence." Id. at 30. Rejecting the defendant's argument that N.J.S.A. 2C:24-4(a) "is vague on its face and in its application ... Criminal Code, specifically the section which was later codified as N.J.S.A. 2C:24-4, states "[t]his Section incorporates into the Code the existing ... repealed.  Cannel, New Jersey Criminal Code Annotated , comment 3 on N.J.S.A. 2C:24-4 (2002).  Indeed, amendments to both statutes in the intervening ...

docket:	a3364-13
court:	NJ Superior Court Appellate Division
decided:	2017-02-08
status:	unpublished
citation:
Document Size:	39051

84 STATE OF NEW JERSEY VS. CHRISTOPHER W. HEDDY, ET AL. -- rank: 624

... to-peer/file sharing network on it'), in violation of N.J.S.A. 2C:24-4(b)(5)(a)(iii), and third-degree child endangerment ('knowingly ... a minor on an external hard drive'), in violation of N.J.S.A. 2C:24-4(b)(5)(b)(iii). LaFollette submitted a PTI application dated ... or abuse of a child,' a first-degree violation of N.J.S.A. 2C:24-4(b)(5)(b)(i); and 'knowingly stor[ing] or maintain ... one or more other computers,' a second-degree violation of N.J.S.A. 2C:24-4(b)(5)(a)(iii). The indictment also charged LaFollette with ... or abuse of a child,' a second-degree violation of N.J.S.A. 2C:24- 4(b)(5)(a)(i), and 'knowingly possess[ing] items depicting ... intent to distribute the items,' a second- degree violation of N.J.S.A. 2C:24-4(b)(5)(a)(ii). Pursuant to negotiated plea agreements ...

docket:	a0299-22a0300-22
court:	appellate
decided:	2024-04-05
status:	Unpublished
citation:
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85 IN THE MATTER OF REGISTRANT R.B. -- rank: 624

... not a crime under New Jersey's Child Endangerment Statute, N.J.S.A. 2C:24-4. That statute prohibits a person from engaging "in sexual conduct ... this statute as "any person under 16 years of age." N.J.S.A. 2C:24-4 is not applicable because M.S. and L.T. were ... State's argument to be persuasive. The conduct prohibited by N.J.S.A. 2C:24-4, except the latter crime applies only to children under sixteen ... N.J. at 548 (quoting Cannel, supra , comment 1 on N.J.S.A. 2C:24-4 applies only to conduct with persons under sixteen years old ... and cruelty towards persons under eighteen years old. Simply because N.J.S.A. 2C:24-4 overlaps with N.J.S.A. 9:6-1 does ...

docket:	A0799-04
court:	NJ Superior Court Appellate Division
decided:	2005-04-15
status:	published
citation:
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86 STATE OF NEW JERSEY v. BARTHOLOMEW P MCINERNEY -- rank: 622

... crime of the second degree defined in subsection a of N.J.S.A. 2C:24-4. 1 The judge sentenced him to three consecutive six-year ... BE REMANDED FOR RE-SENTENCING. II A Subsection a of N.J.S.A. 2C:24-4 defines second- and third-degree crimes of endangering the welfare ... N.J. at 658-62. Although the Legislature has amended N.J.S.A. 2C:24-4 on numerous occasions since Galloway , it has not altered the ...

docket:	a5292-09
court:	NJ Superior Court Appellate Division
decided:	2012-10-10
status:	published
citation:	428 N.J.Super. 432 54 A.3d 281
Document Size:	61794

87 STATE OF NEW JERSEY v. CONRAD R. SIPA -- rank: 620

... reflecting distinct theories of criminal liability under the endangering statute, N.J.S.A. 2C:24-4, which encompasses the wide range of conduct that could make ...

docket:	a5252-18
court:	NJ Superior Court Appellate Division
decided:	2021-08-06
status:	Unpublished
citation:
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88 IN THE MATTER OF THE CIVIL COMMITMENT OF G.B. -- rank: 620

... counts of second-degree endangering the welfare of a child, N.J.S.A. 2C:24-4(a). Documentation from the ADTC reveals that, during therapy sessions ...

docket:	a4763-08
court:	NJ Superior Court Appellate Division
decided:	2012-10-12
status:	unpublished
citation:
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89 STATE OF NEW JERSEY v. MIGUEL L. CAMARA -- rank: 620

... 3, and third-degree endangering the welfare of a child, N.J.S.A. 2C:24-4(a), raising the following arguments1: POINT I DEFENDANT DID NOT ... an entire plea colloquy.' Ibid. Third-degree child endangerment under N.J.S.A. 2C:24-4(a)(2) occurs when '[a]ny person [other than a ... knew the conduct would make the child abused or neglected. N.J.S.A. 2C:24-4(a)(2); see also Model Jury Charge (Criminal), 'Endangering the Welfare of a Child, Abuse or Neglect (Third Degree) ( N.J.S.A. 2C:24- 4(a)(2))' (rev. March 9, 2015). We have previously held that '[t]he intent [of N.J.S.A. 2C:24-4(a)] is to incorporate the crime now defined in N ... 20 11 of a Child, Abuse or Neglect (Third Degree) (N.J.S.A. 2C:24-4(a)(2))' (rev. March 9, 2015) (including definition of ...

docket:	a0891-20
court:	NJ Superior Court Appellate Division
decided:	2022-03-16
status:	Unpublished
citation:
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90 State v. Hakum Brown -- rank: 618

... assault and third-degree endangering the welfare of a child, N.J.S.A. 2C:24- 4(a). H.B. was sentenced to six years in prison ...

docket:	a-39-19
court:	NJ Supreme Court
decided:	2021-01-25
status:
citation:
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