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1 STATE OF NEW JERSEY v. DANIEL A. BORJAS -- rank: 1000

... Code's general concepts of possession and by case law. N.J.S.A. 2C:2-1(a) specifies that "[a] person is not guilty of an ... sufficient period to have been able to terminate his possession." N.J.S.A. 2C:2-1(c). Our courts have long recognized the term "possession" must ...

docket:	a6292-11
court:	NJ Superior Court Appellate Division
decided:	2014-07-08
status:	unpublished
citation:	436 N.J.Super. 375 94 A.3d 319
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2 /usr/local/share/www/libweb/collections/courts/appellate/a6292-11redactedxx.opn.html -- rank: 995

... Code's general concepts of possession and by case law. N.J.S.A. 2C:2-1(a) specifies that "[a] person is not guilty of an ... sufficient period to have been able to terminate his possession." N.J.S.A. 2C:2-1(c). Our courts have long recognized the term "possession" must ...

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3 STATE OF NEW JERSEY v. ABNER RODRIGUEZ -- rank: 939

... possessed the eighteen grams of cocaine within the meaning of N.J.S.A. 2C:2-1(c).24 For purposes of applying the deferential 24 N.J.S.A. 2C:2-1(c) provides: Possession is an act, within the meaning of ...

docket:	a3586-19
court:	NJ Superior Court Appellate Division
decided:	2021-01-25
status:	Published
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4 STATE OF NEW JERSEY v. RAQUEL RAMIREZ -- rank: 939

... to perform the omitted act is otherwise imposed by law . . . .' N.J.S.A. 2C:2- - 1(a), (b)(1), (2). Subsection 1(c) recognizes this latter ...

docket:	a4250-16
court:	NJ Superior Court Appellate Division
decided:	2019-12-12
status:	Published
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5 State v. Jose Pena -- rank: 920

... State v. Sexton , 160 N.J. 93 , 98 (1999) (citing N.J.S.A. 2C:2-1, -2). The Code, like its “‘conceptual source,’” the Model Penal ...

docket:	a-51-02
court:	njsupreme
decided:	2004-01-26
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citation:	178 N.J. 297
Document Size:	77573

6 /usr/local/share/www/libweb/collections/courts/appellate/a3722-17.opn.html -- rank: 899

... mere presence charge. 5 See Model Jury Charges (Criminal), 'Possession' ( N.J.S.A. 2C:2-1) (June 2014); see also State v. Randolph, 228 N.J ... include a mere presence instruction. Model Jury Charges (Criminal), 'Possession' ( N.J.S.A. 2C:2-1) (rev. June 11, 2018). A-3722-17T4 13 determinative, 'it ...

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7 STATE OF NEW JERSEY v. RICKY WILLIAMS -- rank: 812

... defendant argues the State failed to prove. We disagree. Under N.J.S.A. 2C:2-1(c), one has committed the act of criminal possession if ...

docket:	a3960-09
court:	NJ Superior Court Appellate Division
decided:	2011-06-07
status:	unpublished
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8 /usr/local/share/www/libweb/collections/courts/appellate/a1010-17.opn.html -- rank: 795

... right to challenge defendant's state of mind defense under N.J.S.A. 2C:2-1(a). See State v. M.L., 253 N.J. Super ...

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9 STATE OF NEW JERSEY v. AL J. DELBRIDGE, JR -- rank: 790

... read a hypothetical to the jury from the commentaries to N.J.S.A. 2C:2-1(c), which read as follows: A hypothetical situation involving this ...

docket:	a1508-18
court:	NJ Superior Court Appellate Division
decided:	2021-07-21
status:	Unpublished
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10 STATE OF NEW JERSEY v. HISASHI POMPEY -- rank: 776

... v. Pena , 178 N.J. 297 , 304-05 (2004) (quoting N.J.S.A. 2C:2-1(c)). Here, defendant testified that after he retrieved the gun ...

docket:	a1003-13
court:	NJ Superior Court Appellate Division
decided:	2015-09-09
status:	unpublished
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11 STATE OF NEW JERSEY v. ALAN T. WALKER -- rank: 774

... verify his address while he was admitted to inpatient treatment. N.J.S.A. 2C:2-1(b) makes clear that 'liability for the commission of an ... constitutes the act upon which criminal liability is imposed. But N.J.S.A. 2C:2-1 also makes clear that the omission must be voluntary. The ... an act of which he [or she] is physically capable.' N.J.S.A. 2C:2-1(a) (emphasis added). In this instance, defendant was not physically ...

docket:	a1026-19
court:	NJ Superior Court Appellate Division
decided:	2022-03-21
status:	Unpublished
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12 STATE OF NEW JERSEY v. CHRISTOPHER A. SMITH -- rank: 757

... 2) the firearm was possessed by defendant as defined in N.J.S.A. 2C:2-1(c); (3) the defendant's purpose in possessing the firearm ...

docket:	a0220-12
court:	NJ Superior Court Appellate Division
decided:	2014-08-29
status:	unpublished
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13 STATE OF NEW JERSEY v. LLOYD G. EDMISTEN -- rank: 752

... dismissal of the indictment as not meeting the requirements of N.J.S.A. 2C:2-1(b)(2). Id. at 559, 577, 580. However, we noted ... unjustifiable risk." Id. at 412. The Court further noted that " N.J.S.A. 2C:2-1(b) premises its discussion of when, and under what circumstances ...

docket:	a5119-11
court:	NJ Superior Court Appellate Division
decided:	2014-08-05
status:	unpublished
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14 STATE OF NEW JERSEY v. YOAFRY MINALLA, -- rank: 752

... 2) the firearm was possessed by defendant as defined in N.J.S.A. 2C:2- 1(c); (3) the defendant's purpose in possessing the firearm ...

docket:	a1127-18
court:	NJ Superior Court Appellate Division
decided:	2020-11-17
status:	Unpublished
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15 STATE OF NEW JERSEY v. KARIM A. DORSEY -- rank: 749

... 2) the firearm was possessed by defendant as defined in N.J.S.A. 2C:2-1(c); (3) the defendant's purpose in possessing the firearm ...

docket:	a5759-10
court:	New Jersey Superior Court Appellate Division
decided:	2013-06-21
status:	Published
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