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1 State v. Reynaldo Galicia -- rank: 1000

... requires the Court to consider the “passion/provocation” statute, N.J.S.A. 2C:11-4(b)(2), which reduces what would otherwise be murder to ... trial record, do not support a passion/provocation finding under N.J.S.A. 2C:11-4(b)(2). 1. The New Jersey Criminal Code recognizes three ... involuntary manslaughter, the Code separately addresses aggravated and reckless manslaughter. N.J.S.A. 2C:11-4. Reckless manslaughter requires only “reckless” conduct causing the victim� ... death under circumstances manifesting extreme indifference to human life,” N.J.S.A. 2C:11-4(a)(1). Voluntary manslaughter, also known as “passion/ provocation ... the heat of passion resulting from a reasonable provocation.” N.J.S.A. 2C:11-4(b)(2). The Legislature has limited passion/provocation to crimes that would otherwise constitute murder, as opposed to manslaughter. N.J.S.A. 2C:11-4(b)(2). (pp. 16-21) 2. The Court declines ...

docket:	A-79-10
court:	NJ Supreme Court
decided:	2012-06-19
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2 State v. Rashaun Bell -- rank: 930

... to merge with other homicide offenses -- i.e., aggravated manslaughter, N.J.S.A. 2C:11-4, reckless vehicular homicide, N.J.S.A. 2C:11-5 ... by charging the defendant, as appropriate, with aggravated manslaughter under N.J.S.A. 2C:11-4, reckless vehicular homicide under N.J.S.A. 2C:11 ... indictment and conviction for aggravated manslaughter under the provisions of N.J.S.A. 2C:11-4, reckless vehicular homicide under the provisions of N.J.S ...

docket:	a-75-20
court:	NJ Supreme Court
decided:	2022-05-16
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3 STATE OF NEW JERSEY v. A.M. -- rank: 862

... parole for inmates serving any sentence for a violation of . . . [ N.J.S.A.] 2C:11-4; [ N.J.S.A.] 2C:13-1; subsection a. of ...

docket:	a3010-20
court:	NJ Superior Court Appellate Division
decided:	2022-05-02
status:	Published
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4 State v. Joseph Diorio -- rank: 816

... for murder, N.J.S.A. 2C:11-3; manslaughter, N.J.S.A. 2C:11-4; and sexual assault, N.J.S.A. 2C:38-1 ...

docket:	A-110-11
court:	NJ Supreme Court
decided:	2014-02-12
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5 STATE OF NEW JERSEY v. ABNER RODRIGUEZ -- rank: 806

... crimes: murder, N.J.S.A. 2C:11-3; manslaughter, N.J.S.A. 2C:11-4; aggravated assault, N.J.S.A. 2C:12-1(b ...

docket:	a3586-19
court:	NJ Superior Court Appellate Division
decided:	2021-01-25
status:	Published
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6 State of New Jersey v. Kevin M. Campfield -- rank: 786

... the offense of second-degree reckless manslaughter in violation of N.J.S.A. 2C:11-4(b). This case arose from the death of Ivory Bennett ... plea to the crime of reckless manslaughter in violation of N.J.S.A. 2C:11-4(b). 1. Trial courts conduct plea hearings in accordance with ... elements of the offense of reckless manslaughter in violation of N.J.S.A. 2C:11-4(b). Defendant admitted his awareness of several facts that exacerbated ... the offense of second-degree reckless manslaughter in violation of N.J.S.A. 2C:11-4(b). This case arose from the death of Ivory Bennett ... J.S.A. 2C:15-1; first-degree aggravated manslaughter, N.J.S.A. 2C:11-4(a); second-degree reckless manslaughter, N.J.S.A. 2C:11-4(b); second-degree aggravated assault, N.J.S.A. ...

docket:	a-43-11
court:	New Jersey Supreme Court
decided:	2013-01-10
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7 STATE OF NEW JERSEY v. ROBERT HANDY -- rank: 786

... guilty of a lesser-included homicide, such as manslaughter, see N.J.S.A. 2C:11-4, which could also bear on the Krol analysis. We reject ...

docket:	a0401-09
court:	NJ Superior Court Appellate Division
decided:	2011-08-04
status:	published
citation:	421 N.J. Super. 559 25 A.3d 1140
Document Size:	160204

8 State of New Jersey v. Robert R. Simon -- rank: 781

... SBI capital murder case in which aggravated manslaughter pursuant to N.J.S.A. 2C:11-4 is also charged to the jury, the use of the ... to satisfy a purposeful or knowing murder rather than manslaughter. N.J.S.A. 2C:11-4. The phrase in the Pennsylvania malice charge that included "recklessness ...

docket:	a-149-97
court:	njsupreme
decided:	1999-08-11
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citation:	161 N.J. 416
Document Size:	211768

9 State v. Michelle Lodzinski -- rank: 779

... regarding the lesser included offenses of first-degree aggravated manslaughter, N.J.S.A. 2C:11- 4(a)(1), and second-degree reckless manslaughter, N.J.S.A. 2C:11-4(b)(1). 19 2. On the third day of jury ...

docket:	a-50-19
court:	NJ Supreme Court
decided:	2021-05-26
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10 STATE OF NEW JERSEY v. KEITH DRAKE -- rank: 769

... 2) on which defendant relies, making NERA applicable to "(2) N.J.S.A. 2C:11-4, aggravated manslaughter or manslaughter," Assemb. B. No. A3201, at 2 ... 26, 2001), the committee reports described that subsection as "(2) N.J.S.A. 2C:11-4 (aggravated manslaughter and manslaughter)." Assemb. L. & Pub. Safety Comm. Statement ...

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

11 State v. David Bass -- rank: 760

... have been acquitted of first-degree murder and attempted murder. N.J.S.A. 2C:11-4(b)(2); N.J.S.A. 2C:5-1. The ... with respect to the lesser-included offense of aggravated manslaughter, N.J.S.A. 2C:11-4(a)(1), which required proof beyond a reasonable doubt that ... manifesting extreme indifference to human life,” and reckless manslaughter, N.J.S.A. 2C:11-4(b)(1), which required proof beyond a reasonable doubt that ...

docket:	A-118-13
court:	NJ Supreme Court
decided:	2016-03-07
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citation:	224 N.J. 285 132 A.3d 1207
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12 State v. John J. Lawless, Jr. -- rank: 760

... the accident. Defendant was charged with first-degree aggravated manslaughter, N.J.S.A. 2C:11-4(a), and seven other criminal offenses including aggravated assault, causing ... Shelton, whose death is an element of the offense under N.J.S.A. 2C:11-4(a). (pp. 24-25) The judgment of the Appellate Division ... pled guilty to one of the criminal offenses, aggravated manslaughter, N.J.S.A. 2C:11-4(a), as well as driving while intoxicated (DWI), N.J ... County Grand Jury indicted defendant for first-degree aggravated manslaughter, N.J.S.A. 2C:11-4(a), first-degree vehicular homicide within 1,000 feet of ... 2C:29-3(b). Defendant’s indictment for violations of N.J.S.A. 2C:11-4(a), N.J.S.A. 2C:11-5 and N ... the defendant was convicted of aggravated manslaughter in violation of N.J.S.A. 2C:11-4(a), and death by auto, N.J.S.A. ...

docket:	A-89-11
court:	NJ Supreme Court
decided:	2013-07-22
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13 STATE OF NEW JERSEY v. KORY S. MCCLARY -- rank: 751

... the jury on the lesser-included offense of aggravated manslaughter, N.J.S.A. 2C:11-4(a)(1), even though the charge was not requested by ... defendant was only reckless in causing the death of another. N.J.S.A. 2C:11-4(a)(1). Shooting from a car at an intended victim ...

docket:	a5197-13
court:	NJ Superior Court Appellate Division
decided:	2017-01-19
status:	unpublished
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14 STATE OF NEW JERSEY v. DONNALD LINDSEY -- rank: 751

... joint trial, the jury convicted Lindsey of passion/provocation manslaughter, N.J.S.A. 2C:11-4(b)(2), of B.T., as a lesser-included offense ... count one); and convicted Pierce of aggravated manslaughter as charged, N.J.S.A. 2C:11-4(a)(1) (count two). Defendants were convicted of attempted murder ... in the heat of passion resulting from a reasonable provocation." N.J.S.A. 2C:11-4(b)(2). It is a second-degree offense. N.J.S.A. 2C:11-4(c). Passion/ provocation manslaughter is a lesser-included offense of ... of B.T. — punishable by ten to thirty years, N.J.S.A. 2C:11-4(c); the jury did not receive a passion/provocation instruction ... 2012). The Court held that under "the plain language of N.J.S.A. 2C:11-4(b)(2) . . . only murder [and not aggravated manslaughter] can ...

docket:	a6303-11
court:	NJ Supreme Court
decided:	2015-08-20
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15 STATE OF NEW JERSEY v. CONRAD R. SIPA -- rank: 746

... jury was instructed on the lesser offenses of aggravated manslaughter, N.J.S.A. 2C:11-4(c), reckless manslaughter, N.J.S.A. 11-4(b)(1), and passion/provocation manslaughter, N.J.S.A. 2C:11-4(b)(2). Defendant now contends the trial court committed plain ...

docket:	a5252-18
court:	NJ Superior Court Appellate Division
decided:	2021-08-06
status:	Unpublished
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