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1 STATE OF NEW JERSEY v. ANTOINE MCCRAY -- rank: 1000

... orders entered by the Law Division, which dismissed charges under N.J.S.A. 2C:29-9(a) that defendants purposely or knowingly disobeyed orders of pretrial ... 2017-1155-1205 with fourth-degree contempt of court under N.J.S.A. 2C:29-9(a), for violating the court's April 27, 2017 pretrial ... 17-11-1346, charging McCray with contempt of court under N.J.S.A. 2C:29-9(a) for violating the pretrial release order. The indictments alleged ... whether the State could charge a defendant with contempt under N.J.S.A. 2C:29-9(a) based on a violation of the terms of a ... rules implementing the Act authorize a charge of contempt under N.J.S.A. 2C:29-9(a) as a sanction for violating conditions in a pretrial ... W-2018-3276-0906 with fourth-degree contempt of court, N.J.S.A. 2C:29-9(a); and possession of a prescription legend drug, N. ...

docket:	a3745-17
court:	NJ Superior Court Appellate Division
decided:	2019-03-29
status:	Published
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2 STATE OF NEW JERSEY v. LUCIA MANZANO -- rank: 875

... she was charged with the disorderly persons offenses of contempt, N.J.S.A. 2C:29- 9(b)(2), and resisting arrest, N.J.S.A. 2C ... Super. 259 (App. Div. 1999)). The State charged defendant under N.J.S.A. 2C:29-9(b)(1) with contempt of the TRO entered pursuant to ... in an order entered under the provisions of the' PDVA. N.J.S.A. 2C:29-9(b)(1). To establish the elements of the offense, the ... N.J. Super. 32, 37 (App. Div. 2021); see also N.J.S.A. 2C:29-9(b)(2). A-1017-22 16 to prevent the harm ... J. 32, 39 (App. Div. 2021) (reinstating contempt charge under N.J.S.A. 2C:29-9(b)(1), based on a violation of a restraining order ... beyond that which the Legislature intended in its enactment of N.J.S.A. 2C:29-9(b)(2). Again, in our view, defendant's concern ...

docket:	a1017-22
court:	NJ Superior Court Appellate Division
decided:	2023-11-29
status:	Unpublished
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3 /usr/local/share/www/libweb/collections/courts/supreme/a-75-76-18.opn.html -- rank: 833

... or protective order” can be found guilty of a crime, N.J.S.A. 2C:29-9(a), cannot be viewed in isolation. The Legislature considered and ... contempt sanctions during the drafting stage of the CJRA. And N.J.S.A. 2C:29-9 states that a violation of an order entered under a ... with contempt, a fourth-degree offense that is contrary to N.J.S.A. 2C:29-9, for a violation of a court order. Both trial court ... two-count complaint with (1) fourth- degree contempt, contrary to N.J.S.A. 2C:29-9(a), for disobeying the trial court’s release order and ... believed a pretrial release order was a judicial order under N.J.S.A. 2C:29- 9(a) and that statute sufficiently addressed the potential criminal consequences ... conditions in the order may be charged with contempt under N.J.S.A. 2C:29-9(a).” Id. at 490. The court 7 found ...

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4 STATE OF NEW JERSEY v. D.G.M. -- rank: 764

... was charged with violating the FRO, a disorderly persons offense, N.J.S.A. 2C:29-9(b). At the conclusion of a one-day trial, defendant ... N.J. at 482. In fact, in prosecutions pursuant to N.J.S.A. 2C:29-9, the court is required to consider something outside the statute ... s knowing violation of the FRO beyond a reasonable doubt. N.J.S.A. 2C:29-9(b); see also S.K. , supra , 423 N.J. Super ... question but need not decide whether the conduct criminalized by N.J.S.A. 2C:29-9 – the violation of an FRO – may encompass a ... the victim, we do not necessarily suggest the scope of N.J.S.A. 2C:29-9 expands with that flexibility. See Cooper v. Cooper , 144 P ... approach. 12 To be precise, defendant was convicted pursuant to N.J.S.A. 2C:29-9(b), which makes it a disorderly persons offense for ...

docket:	a5783-12
court:	NJ Superior Court Appellate Division
decided:	2015-03-20
status:	published
citation:	439 N.J.Super. 630 110 A.3d 978
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5 /usr/local/share/www/libweb/collections/courts/appellate/a3749-17.opn.html -- rank: 750

... April 13, 2018, which dismissed the indictment charging defendant under N.J.S.A. 2C:29- 9(a) with purposely or knowingly disobeying an order of pretrial ... of court for violating the court's pretrial release order, N.J.S.A. 2C:29-9(a). Defendant and other individuals allegedly committed these offenses on ... the judge questioned whether the State could charge defendant under N.J.S.A. 2C:29-9(a) with violating the court's pretrial release order. Thereafter ... he concluded that the CJRA did not authorize prosecution under N.J.S.A. 2C:29- 9(a) for a violation of a pretrial release order. In ... it was not palpably defective; (2) the plain language of N.J.S.A. 2C:29-9(a) and the CJRA allows the State to charge a ... the trial court correctly dismissed the charge of contempt under N.J.S.A. 2C:29-9(a); (2) the plain language of the CJRA and ...

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6 STATE OF NEW JERSEY v. L. A. W. -- rank: 742

... 3) (count seventeen); and three counts of fourth-degree contempt, N.J.S.A. 2C:29-9(b) (counts eighteen, nineteen, and twenty). Thereafter, Judge Stephen J ...

docket:	a4297-17
court:	NJ Superior Court Appellate Division
decided:	2021-01-14
status:	Unpublished
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7 STATE OF NEW JERSEY v. MIGUEL L. CAMARA -- rank: 739

... 12-11(a) (count seven); and 8) fourth- degree contempt, N.J.S.A. 2C:29-9(b) (count eight). On July 14, 2020, defendant pled guilty ...

docket:	a0891-20
court:	NJ Superior Court Appellate Division
decided:	2022-03-16
status:	Unpublished
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8 State v. Wildemar A. Dangcil -- rank: 734

... the Prevention of Domestic Violence Act of 1991, contrary to N.J.S.A. 2C:29-9(b); third-degree terroristic threats, contrary to N.J.S ...

docket:	a-56-20
court:	NJ Supreme Court
decided:	2021-08-16
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9 STATE OF NEW JERSEY v. J.M.H -- rank: 731

... persons offense of contempt of a domestic violence restraining order, N.J.S.A. 2C:29-9(b)(2), and the petty disorderly persons offense of harassment ... THE TRIAL COURT ERRED IN CONVICTING [DEFENDANT] FOR CONTEMPT UNDER N.J.S.A 2C:29-9(b). III. THE LAW MUST NOT JEOPORADIZE [sic] CHILD SAFETY ... in an order entered under the provisions of the [PDVA.]' N.J.S.A. 2C:29-9(b)(1). If the violation is not itself a crime ... is not — then contempt is a disorderly persons offense. N.J.S.A. 2C:29-9(b)(2). '[T]he evidence must allow at least a ...

docket:	a4996-17
court:	NJ Superior Court Appellate Division
decided:	2019-11-26
status:	Unpublished
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10 STATE OF NEW JERSEY v. OMAR SHAHEER THOMAS -- rank: 728

Original Wordprocessor Version (NOTE: The status of this decision is Unpublished .) NOT FOR PUBLICATION WITHOUT THE APPROVAL OF THE APPELLATE DIVISION SUPERIOR COURT OF NEW JERSEY APPELLATE DIVISION DOCKET NO. A-3347-08T4 STATE OF NEW JERSEY, Plaintiff-Respondent, v. OMAR SHAHEER THOMAS, Defendant-Appellant. _________________________________________ April 19, 2013 Submitted December 21 ...

docket:	a3347-08
court:	NJ Superior Court Appellate Division
decided:	2013-04-19
status:	unpublished
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11 STATE OF NEW JERSEY IN THE INTEREST OF S.S., et al. -- rank: 728

... juvenile status offender to be adjudicated delinquent on account of N.J.S.A. 2C:29-9 without having committed any other act prohibited by the Code ... We begin our analysis by examining the relevant statutes, namely, N.J.S.A. 2C:29-9 and the Code of Juvenile Justice, N.J.S.A ... 10. See footnote 7 The omission of any reference to N.J.S.A. 2C:29-9, the criminal contempt statute, suggests that the Legislature did not ... with our determination that proceeding under the criminal contempt statute, N.J.S.A. 2C:29-9, is not authorized in this case. ����Our decision is informed ... conditions, cannot be prosecuted for criminal contempt of court under N.J.S.A. 2C:29-9. We noted the availability of R. 1:10 to address ... home or are chronically truant. Nonetheless, we are convinced that N.J.S.A. 2C:29-9 is not the appropriate or intended means of enforcement. ...

docket:	A0277-02
court:	NJ Superior Court Appellate Division
decided:	2004-03-10
status:	published
citation:	367 N.J. Super. 400 842 A.2d 904
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12 /usr/local/share/www/libweb/collections/courts/appellate/a5248-17.opn.html -- rank: 725

... 1204 with fourth- degree contempt of court, in violation of N.J.S.A. 2C:29-9(a). A judge entered an order releasing defendant subject to ... the State to charge a defendant with criminal contempt under N.J.S.A. 2C:29-9(a) based on violation of pretrial release order, and that ... it was not palpably defective; (2) the plain language of N.J.S.A. 2C:29-9(a) and the CJRA allows the State to charge a ... court correctly decided to dismiss the charge of contempt under N.J.S.A. 2C:29-9(a); (2) the plain language of the CJRA and its ... release order is not subject to prosecution for contempt under N.J.S.A. 2C:29-9(a); (5) the regulatory nature of the CJRA does not ... preclude the State from charging a defendant with contempt under N.J.S.A. 2C:29-9(a) based on a violation of a condition in ...

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13 STATE OF NEW JERSEY v. SCHUYLER M. DRAKE -- rank: 720

... from his conviction of criminal contempt, a disorderly persons offense, N.J.S.A. 2C:29-9(b)(2), for purposely or knowingly violating a final restraining ... defendant, charging him with criminal contempt for violating the FRO, N.J.S.A. 2C:29-9(b)(1), and harassment, N.J.S.A. 2C:33 ... the charges A-0153-20 4 to disorderly persons contempt, N.J.S.A. 2C:29-9(b)(2), and petty disorderly persons disorderly conduct, N.J ... J. 146, 162 (1964). A person is guilty of violating N.J.S.A. 2C:29-9(b) 'if that person purposely or knowingly violates any provision ... motive is not an element of the contempt charge. See N.J.S.A. 2C:29-9(c) (unlike N.J.S.A. 2C:29-9(b), subsection (c) does not require 'the conduct which ...

docket:	a0153-20
court:	NJ Superior Court Appellate Division
decided:	2021-12-30
status:	Unpublished
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14 A-0STATE OF NEW JERSEY v. JAMES ROYAL -- rank: 717

... 39-5(b) (count eleven); and fourth-degree criminal contempt, N.J.S.A. 2C:29-9(b) (count twelve). 1 Following trial, the jury acquitted defendant ...

docket:	a3432-09
court:	NJ Superior Court Appellate Division
decided:	2014-07-07
status:	unpublished
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15 STATE OF NEW JERSEY v. M.F -- rank: 706

... warrant charging defendant with fourth-degree contempt of an FRO, N.J.S.A. 2C:29- 9(b), and the disorderly persons offense of harassment, N.J ... providing the Family Part has jurisdiction over contempt charges under N.J.S.A. 2C:29-9 involving FRO's 'other than those constituting indictable offenses'). 3 ... 2015, and therefore committed fourth-degree contempt in violation of N.J.S.A. 2C:29-9(b). The court did not make any factual findings concerning ... CHARGE INFECTED THE FINDINGS AND CONCLUSIONS VIS-À-VIS THE [ N.J.S.A.] 2C:29- 9[(]b[)] CONVICTION. IX THE SENTENCE, IF NOT A NULLITY, WAS ... shows the court found defendant guilty of fourth-degree contempt, N.J.S.A. 2C:29- 9(b). However, defendant was never indicted by a grand jury ... conduct 'constitute[d] a crime or a disorderly persons offense,' N.J.S.A. 2C:29-9(b)(1). We therefore remand for entry of an ...

docket:	a3602-15
court:	NJ Superior Court Appellate Division
decided:	2018-01-09
status:	unpublished
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