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1 IN THE MATTER OF APPLICATION OF JONATHAN R. WHEELER -- rank: 1000

... person from imminent harm threatened by one using unlawful force, N.J.S.A. 2C:3-5, they have limited authority to use force to effect an ...

docket:	a3704-11
court:	NJ Superior Court Appellate Division
decided:	2013-12-30
status:	published
citation:	433 N.J.Super. 560 81 A.3d 728
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2 STATE OF NEW JERSEY v. MIKE MARTINEZ -- rank: 867

... Div.), cert. denied , 144 N.J. 589 (1996). Pursuant to N.J.S.A. 2C:3-5, the use of force for the protection of another person ...

docket:	a0655-09
court:	NJ Superior Court Appellate Division
decided:	2013-11-13
status:	unpublished
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3 STATE OF NEW JERSEY v. JOSHUA EVANS -- rank: 781

... such other person on the present occasion.' (Emphasis added). Similarly, N.J.S.A. 2C:3-5(a) defines the defense-of-others legal justification to encompass ...

docket:	a4133-18
court:	NJ Superior Court Appellate Division
decided:	2021-08-18
status:	Unpublished
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4 STATE OF NEW JERSEY v. ROSENDO S. GOMEZ-SERPAS -- rank: 752

... 2C:3-4. Use of force in self-protection. B. N.J.S.A. 2C:3-5. Use of force for the protection of other persons. POINT ... the use of force for the protection of other persons, N.J.S.A. 2C:3-5, are not lesser included offenses for the crime of murder ...

docket:	a4250-17
court:	NJ Superior Court Appellate Division
decided:	2020-02-26
status:	Unpublished
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5 /usr/local/share/www/libweb/collections/courts/appellate/a4143-17.opn.html -- rank: 752

... not sua sponte charging the jury concerning defense of others, N.J.S.A. 2C:3-5.8 Specifically, defendant argues the evidence presented at trial established ... either the State's or the defendant's case 8 N.J.S.A. 2C:3-5(a) provides the use of force in the defense of ... force is [immediately] necessary to protect himself [or another under N.J.S.A. 2C:3- 5(a)(1)] against death or serious bodily harm.' A-4143 ... by N.J.S.A. 2C:3-4(a) and N.J.S.A. 2C:3-5(a). Cf. State v. Harmon, 104 N.J. 189, 208 ...

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6 N.T.B. v. D.D.B. -- rank: 725

... A. 2C:3-4, a defense-of-her-daughter justification, N.J.S.A. 2C:3-5, or both. Since the judge made no finding, we are ...

docket:	a4542-13
court:	NJ Superior Court Appellate Division
decided:	2015-09-09
status:	published
citation:	442 N.J.Super. 205 121 A.3d 910
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7 STATE OF NEW JERSEY v. ANWAR H. BELTON -- rank: 695

... raised, imposes on the State the burden to disprove it. N.J.S.A. 2C:3-5. We recognize that the defense includes additional elements. A defendant ... protect himself against the injury threatened to the other person, N.J.S.A. 2C:3-5(a)(1); he reasonably believed the protected person would be justified in using such protective force, N.J.S.A. 2C:3-5(a)(2); and he reasonably believed his intervention was necessary to protect the other person, N.J.S.A. 2C:3-5(a)(3). Also, a person may resort to the use ...

docket:	a0971-16
court:	NJ Superior Court Appellate Division
decided:	2017-12-26
status:	published
citation:	452 N.J.Super. 528 178 A.3d 74
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8 /usr/local/share/www/libweb/collections/courts/appellate/a5005-18.opn.html -- rank: 663

... Criminal), 'Justification — Use of Force in Protection of Others (N.J.S.A. 2C:3-5)' (approved Oct. 17, 1988) at 2. A-5005-18 9 ...

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9 STATE OF NEW JERSEY v. LEONARDO BUCCHERI -- rank: 646

... restatement of [ N.J.S.A. ] 2C:3-4 and [ N.J.S.A. ] 2C:3-5 with the additional limitation that there be no substantial risk ...

docket:	a1086-11
court:	NJ Superior Court Appellate Division
decided:	2013-03-08
status:	unpublished
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10 STATE OF NEW JERSEY v. DARIUS M. WILSON -- rank: 638

... 2C:39-4; fourth-degree unlawful possession of a weapon, N.J.S.A. 2C:3-5(d); fourth-degree aggravated assault on a law enforcement officer ...

docket:	a0425-16
court:	NJ Superior Court Appellate Division
decided:	2018-12-10
status:	Unpublished
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11 STATE OF NEW JERSEY v. DAVID P. GIORDANO -- rank: 633

... 3-4(c)(1), which states: notwithstanding the provisions of N.J.S.[A.] 2C:3-5, N.J.S.[A.] 2C:3-9, or this section ...

docket:	a4080-15
court:	NJ Superior Court Appellate Division
decided:	2018-03-08
status:	unpublished
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12 STATE OF NEW JERSEY v. CHRISTOPHER NEIDERMAN -- rank: 630

... 336). Self-defense and defense of others are outlined in N.J.S.A. 2C:3-5, which provides that the use of force upon or toward ...

docket:	a0164-09
court:	superior court appellate division
decided:	2010-09-30
status:	unpublished
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13 STATE OF NEW JERSEY v. TIVON NEALS -- rank: 622

... he failed to request a charge on defense of others, N.J.S.A. 2C:3-5, in addition to self-defense. The implementation of a failed ...

docket:	a0207-10
court:	NJ Superior Court Appellate Division
decided:	2012-04-10
status:	unpublished
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14 STATE OF NEW JERSEY v. EARL AUSTIN -- rank: 595

... specifically, use of force for the protection of others under N.J.S.A. 2C:3-5. He claims that because he was deprived of this advice ...

docket:	a5251-17
court:	NJ Superior Court Appellate Division
decided:	2019-10-28
status:	Unpublished
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15 /usr/local/share/www/libweb/collections/courts/appellate/a5496-15.opn.html -- rank: 592

... 280, 289 (App. Div. 1998). 12 A-5496-15T1 Under N.J.S.A. 2C:3-5, the use of force upon or toward the person of ...

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