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31 In re Verified Petition of Michael G. Venezia -- rank: 610

... Court. The issue in this appeal is whether the newsperson’s privilege shields information about a news reporter’s article that the reporter disclosed earlier to the county prosecutor’s office and a borough attorney. In January 2004, the Borough ... article was written by Andrew Glazer and cited the Borough’s Mayor Laurence Cherchi as the source of that information. Venezia ... of anything. That article included a statement from The Record ’s managing editor that the newspaper stood by its original story. Based in part on Glazer’s article, Mayor Cherchi became a target of an investigation ...

docket:	a-63-05
court:	njsupreme
decided:	2007-06-13
status:
citation:	191 N.J. 259
Document Size:	71737

32 STATE OF NEW JERSEY v. DANIEL BLAZAS -- rank: 601

... OF NEW JERSEY APPELLATE DIVISION DOCKET NO. A-0705-10T3 S APPROVED FOR PUBLICATION August 26, 2013 APPELLATE DIVISION TATE OF ... is denied when the prosecution substantially interferes with a defendant's ability to secure witness testimony. In this case, the government ... if true, would be proof of substantial interference with defendant's constitutionally guaranteed right of access to witnesses. We therefore hold ... his decision. Because we conclude that a reversal of defendant's convictions is required, we recite those facts necessary to give ... also identified defendant at trial. On December 14, 2007, defendant's ex-fiancée, Jennifer McHugh, gave a statement to the ... indicted and charged with first-degree armed robbery, N.J.S.A. 2C:15-1 (count one); third-degree unlawful ...

docket:	a0705-10
court:	NJ Superior Court Appellate Division
decided:	2013-08-26
status:	published
citation:	432 N.J.Super. 326 74 A.3d 991
Document Size:	69088

33 STATE OF NEW JERSEY v. RAHEEM BATTLES, a/k/a RAHEEM L BATTLES -- rank: 598

... B. 1 drove his white pick-up truck to McDonald's restaurant in West Orange. Defendant, wielding a gun, approached the passenger side of J.B.'s vehicle. Defendant was using a cap gun, but J.B ... appeared" to be a "black semiautomatic handgun on the driver's side floor area." Alston also recovered a black ski mask from defendant's pants' pocket. After defendant left J.B. at McDonald's, J.B. ran to police headquarters and informed an officer ... charged with first-degree carjacking, in violation of N.J.S.A. 2C:15-2 and third-degree theft, in ...

docket:	a1673-13
court:	New Jersey Superior Court Appellate Division
decided:	0000-00-00
status:	Published
citation:
Document Size:	31173

34 STATE OF NEW JERSEY v. MARQUIS GILCHRIST -- rank: 595

... raped. On March 15, 2005, the trial court considered defendant's motion "for an order directing the prosecutor to provide the ... 3:13-3(c), the Sixth Amendment of the U.S. Constitution, and Art. 1, ¶ 10 of the New Jersey Constitution." The trial court granted defendant's motion but stayed the order pending the State's interlocutory appeal. We now reverse.     On November 20, 2003, at ... back. After searching for items to steal from M.C.'s apartment, the intruder told M.C., "you have no money ... of the police, defendant voluntarily provided a DNA sample. Defendant's DNA sample matched the DNA samples taken from the ...

docket:	a4561-04
court:	njappellate
decided:	2005-11-03
status:	published
citation:	381 N.J. Super. 138
Document Size:	27287

35 STATE OF NEW JERSEY v. WILLIAM BOSTON -- rank: 587

... PER CURIAM Defendant William Boston and his co-defendant Thomas S. Nevius were indicted and charged with first-degree murder, N.J.S.A. 2C:11-3a(1)-(2); 1 first-degree felony murder, N.J.S.A. 2C:11-3a(3); second-degree burglary, N.J.S.A. 2C:18-2; third-degree possession of a weapon for an unlawful purpose, N.J.S.A. 2C:39-4d; second-degree conspiracy to commit murder, N.J.S.A. 2C:11-3a(1)-(2) and N.J. ...

docket:	a4129-07
court:	NJ Superior Court Appellate Division
decided:	2012-08-21
status:	unpublished
citation:
Document Size:	77527

36 State v. Nathan Cotto -- rank: 584

... the trial court incorrectly instructed the jury on the State’s burden on the issue of identification; that the trial court ... to get into a neighboring apartment through a window. Tina’s sister, Tiffany Mutcherson, lived in that apartment and was babysitting Tina’s two children at the time. When Tina went next door ... a black ski mask. After he pushed Tina into Tiffany’s apartment, the first man, wearing a black ski mask and ... handgun. The two assailants directed Tiffany, Tina, and Shanequa, Tina’s daughter, into Tiffany’s bedroom where Tina’s son, Allen, was sleeping. The ...

docket:	a-56-03
court:	njsupreme
decided:	2005-02-01
status:
citation:	182 N.J. 316
Document Size:	57088

37 STATE OF NEW JERSEY v. L.V. -- rank: 584

... Assistant Public Defender, of counsel and on the brief). Jeffrey S. Chiesa, Attorney General, attorney for respondent (Emily R. Anderson, Deputy ... two counts of first-degree aggravated sexual assault ( N.J.S.A. 2C:14-2(a)), two counts of second-degree aggravated sexual assault ( N.J.S.A. 2C:14-2(b), (c)), and one count of ... second-degree endangering the welfare of a child ( N.J.S.A. 2C:24-4). Larry also appeals his aggregate sentence ... provisions of the No Early Release Act (NERA), N.J.S.A. 2C:43-7.2. We affirm. I. We discern ... and E.V. (Evelyn), her stepmother, as well as Evelyn's children and mother. Robin's aunt and her daughter, ...

docket:	a4430-10
court:	NJ Superior Court Appellate Division
decided:	2013-04-24
status:	unpublished
citation:
Document Size:	57070

38 State v. Julius Smith -- rank: 584

... or stolen items. Since Martin did not have the car’s registration form, the police impounded the vehicle. Three days after ... the photobooks before Gourgiotis saw them. She picked out defendant’s photograph and said she was “pretty positive” that he ... Stebbin Drew in a stolen black Infiniti and found Gourgiotis’s cell phone in his possession. Drew is an African-American ... the call on the afternoon of jury selection in defendant’s trial, more than one year later. The trial began on ... trial when the assistant prosecutor told defense counsel about Gourgiotis’s call from the State Police. The State called Gourgiotis as ... examination, defense counsel asked Gourgiotis some questions about the Trooper’s call. Counsel then moved for a mistrial at sidebar, ...

docket:	A-62-13
court:	NJ Supreme Court
decided:	2016-01-13
status:
citation:	224 N.J. 36 128 A.3d 1077
Document Size:	73706

39 STATE OF NEW JERSEY v. CHARLES W. GOULD -- rank: 575

... Gould was convicted of first-degree attempted murder, N.J.S.A. 2C:5-1 and 2C:11-3 (count one); first-degree armed robbery, N.J.S.A. 2C:15-1(a)(1) (count two); second, third, and fourth-degree aggravated assault, N.J.S.A. 2C:12-1(b)(1), (2), (4) and (7 ... six); second-degree unlawful possession of a weapon, N.J.S.A. 2C:39-5(b) (count seven); second-degree possession of a weapon for an unlawful purpose, N.J.S.A. 2C:39-4(a) (count eight); and second-degree certain persons not to have weapons, N.J.S.A. 2C:39-7(b) (count nine). Counts three ...

docket:	a2756-11
court:	NJ Superior Court Appellate Division
decided:	2013-09-23
status:	unpublished
citation:
Document Size:	38976

40 STATE OF NEW JERSEY v. MIKE MC KANE -- rank: 572

... Grand Jury for first-degree aggravated sexual assault, N.J.S.A. 2C:14-2(a)(3) (counts one, two, and three); second-degree sexual assault, N.J.S.A. 2C:14-2(c)(1) (counts six, seven, and eight); first-degree robbery, N.J.S.A. 2C:15-1 (count four); and second-degree burglary, N.J.S.A. 2C:18-2 (count five). Defendant was tried before ... the lesser-included offense of second-degree robbery, N.J.S.A. 2C:15-1. At sentencing, the trial court granted the State's application to impose an extended term upon defendant as ...

docket:	a1300-09
court:	superior court appellate division
decided:	2010-10-15
status:	unpublished
citation:
Document Size:	42264

41 STATE OF NEW JERSEY v. ISAAC D. CANDELARIO -- rank: 572

... of two counts of third-degree aggravated assault, N.J.S.A. 2C:12-1(b)(2), (b)(7) (counts one ... of a weapon for an unlawful purpose (knife), N.J.S.A. 2C:39-5(d) (count two); and two counts ... second-degree endangering the welfare of a child, N.J.S.A. 2C:24-4(a) (counts four and seven). The ... sentence, and assessed applicable fines and penalties. On appeal, defendant's challenges focus on the expert evidence. First, after conducting a pre-trial Rule 104 hearing, the judge denied defendant's request to admit deposition testimony from his expert witness, who ... unable to travel cross-country. Second, defendant asserts the State's expert was erroneously permitted to utilize prejudicial demonstrative evidence ...

docket:	a2491-13
court:	NJ Superior Court Appellate Division
decided:	2017-03-23
status:	unpublished
citation:
Document Size:	51726

42 F.M. KIRBY v. TOWNSHIP COMMITTEE TOWNSHIP OF BEDMINSTER, IN THE COUNTY OF SOMERSET, et al. -- rank: 566

... ordinance) changed the zoning in the area in which plaintiff's land is situated from an R-3 Rural Residential Zone ... ten acres. The Law Division (Honorable Robert E. Guterl, J.S.C.) sustained the validity of the ordinances.     Plaintiff has appealed ... ACRES TO ONE RESIDENTIAL UNIT FOR TEN ACRES ON PLAINTIFF'S LAND     POINT TWO:    THE ORDINANCE IS ARBITRARY, CAPRICIOUS AND UNREASONABLE ... REVIEW OF THE EXPERT REPORT OF FRANCIS J. BANISCH, BEDMINSTER'S PROFESSIONAL PLANNER, DATED JANUARY 6, 1996, DEMONSTRATES THE INADEQUACY OF ... APPOINTED PLANNER HAS CONCLUDED THAT TEN ACRE ZONING ON PLAINTIFF'S LAND IS UNREASONABLE     POINT EIGHT:    THE COURT APPOINTED EXPERT REPORT ... sewered and has customarily been referred to as the Township's "growth corridor." Approximately seventy percent of the land in ...

docket:	A1682-98
court:	NJ Superior Court Appellate Division
decided:	2000-06-23
status:	published
citation:	341 N.J. Super. 276
Document Size:	46109

43 State v. J.A.C. -- rank: 557

... this appeal the Court is required to apply New Jersey’s Rape Shield Law, N.J.S.A. 2C:14-7 to a case in which defendant ... sexually experienced adult. On March 26, 2003, C.A.’s mother discovered the instant messages. The events of the next ... revelation of her online behavior. Both parents considered the child’s immediate move to her father’s family in Indiana. At a meeting attended by C.A.’s school guidance counselor, her parents, and her homeroom teacher, ...

docket:	A-102-10
court:	NJ Supreme Court
decided:	2012-06-14
status:
citation:
Document Size:	102943

44 State v. Scott E. Schnabel -- rank: 539

... 116, 952 A.2d 452. Original MSWord Version N.J.S.A. 2C:14-7. " SYLLABUS (This syllabus is not part ... have been excluded under the Rape Shield Law, N.J.S.A. 2C:14-7. In 1995, Scott Schnabel, defendant, began ... their engagement, defendant and his two sons moved into Mary's home. Mary had three children: John, born in 1982; Jane ... motion to allow questioning of Cindy and Jane about John's sexual abuse in order to demonstrate that they had fabricated ... of credibility. The State sought to exclude evidence of John's sexual abuse, arguing that the source of the girls' sexual ... girls admitted the abuse. The trial court initially denied defendant's motion, finding that evidence of the prior sexual abuse ...

docket:	a-13-07
court:
decided:	2008-07-29
status:
citation:
Document Size:	88962

45 State v. Scott E. Schnabel -- rank: 539

... have been excluded under the Rape Shield Law, N.J.S.A. 2C:14-7. 2 In 1995 , Scott Schnabel, defendant ... their engagement, defendant and his two sons moved into Mary’s home. Mary had three children: John, born in 1982; Jane ... motion to allow questioning of Cindy and Jane about John’s sexual abuse in order to demonstrate that they had fabricated ... of credibility. The State sought to exclude evidence of John’s sexual abuse, arguing that the source of the girls’ sexual ... girls admitted the abuse. The trial court initially denied defendant’s motion, finding that evidence of the prior sexual abuse was ... age, and Cindy, then seventeen, testified at trial about defendant’s abuse. Dr. Anthony D’Urso, an expert witness on ...

docket:	a-13-07
court:
decided:	2008-07-29
status:
citation:	196 N.J. 116
Document Size:	64176