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1 RENDINE V. PANTZER -- rank: 1000

... damages, prejudgment interest, counsel fees and costs.     Under the LAD's fee-shifting provision, the losing party must pay reasonable attorney's fees to the attorney for the prevailing party. In February ... percent of plaintiffs' recovery; or 2) the amount of attorney's fees awarded by court pursuant to the fee-shifting provision ... provided estimates of the hours required to litigate a plaintiff's employment-discrimination case. Those estimates either exceeded or approximated the ... hours expended by plaintiffs' counsel.     The trial court found counsel's lodestar fee reasonable. In addition, the trial court determined that ... entitlement to enhancement of the lodestar fee, based on Lorestani's affidavit concerning plaintiffs' difficulty in finding counsel, the affidavits ...

docket:	a-105-94
court:	njsupreme
decided:	1995-07-24
status:
citation:	141 N.J. 292
Document Size:	159698

2 State v. Steven R. Fortin -- rank: 898

... young sons of the motel clerk and a friend. Padilla’s body was found 500 feet from the motel inside one ... that were consistent with forceful penetration. A fracture in Padilla’s hyoid bone and other injuries revealed that she had been ... At approximately 11:15 p.m., Fortin returned to Bennett’s apartment looking for Archer. He left the apartment a few minutes later. Fortin’s walk back to the Douglas Motel would have set him ... arrested for sexually assaulting Maine State Trooper Vicki Gardner. Fortin’s savage assault on Trooper Gardner became the centerpiece of the State’s case.     On the evening of April 3, 1995, Trooper ...

docket:	a-31-01
court:	njsupreme
decided:	2004-02-03
status:
citation:	178 N.J. 540
Document Size:	234908

3 State v. Ambrose A. Harris -- rank: 828

... civilization.'" Id. at 146 (quoting Bridges v. California , 314 U.S. 252 , 260, 62 S. Ct. 190 , 192, 86 L. Ed. 192 , 201 (1941)).          In this ... conduct of the trial. In Sheppard v. Maxwell , 384 U.S. 333 , 86 S. Ct. 1507 , 16 L. Ed.2d 600 (1966), the Supreme ...

docket:	a-17-97
court:	njsupreme
decided:	1998-07-30
status:
citation:	156 N.J. 122
Document Size:	286640

4 State v. Clarence M. Moore -- rank: 806

... pre-trial hearings, the trial court ruled that M.A.’s hypnosis complied with Hurd , and permitted M.A.’s testimony as refreshed recollection. The court further ruled that M.A.’s out-of-court and in-court identifications of Moore were ... State played a portion of the tape of Dr. Babcock’s hypnosis session with M.A. The State offered no corroborating evidence of M.A.’s identification of Moore. On the witness stand, M.A. made ... her hypnotic experience. She explained that hypnosis made her assailant’s face much clearer with the features more detailed.     The ...

docket:	a-38-03
court:	njsupreme
decided:	2006-08-10
status:
citation:	180 N.J. 459
Document Size:	108504

5 State of New Jersey v. Marko Bey -- rank: 790

... chest, causing fracturing of the ribs and internal hemorrhaging. Bey's sneaker print matched the footprint on Ms. Peniston's chest. His fingerprints were found on the mirror in her ... in Newark. Genetic characteristics of spermatozoa found on Ms. Peniston's coat matched Bey's saliva.     Bey was arrested a short time after the murder for receiving stolen property -- Ms. Peniston's car. After five hours in police custody, he confessed to ... to an intent to kill. HELD: The denial of Bey's petition for post-conviction relief is affirmed. 1. To ...

docket:	a-171-97
court:	njsupreme
decided:	1999-08-11
status:
citation:	161 N.J. 233
Document Size:	205326

6 STATE OF NEW JERSEY v. LAVONTA BASS -- rank: 749

... Indictment No. 04-08-1051 with attempted murder, N.J.S.A. 2C:5-1 and N.J.S.A. 2C:11-3 (count one); aggravated assault, N.J.S.A. 2C:39-7b. Defendant was tried before a jury ... 00 p.m. and drove back to Linden in Alicia's car. Alicia was driving. Julius was in the front passenger ... Defendant was standing with his girlfriend Tamara Hodge near Tamara's gold car at the intersection of Lincoln and Cleveland Streets ... to the car. Hodge drove her car past the driver's side of Alicia's car, and turned right onto ...

docket:	a6051-05
court:	njappellate
decided:	2008-11-12
status:	unpublished
citation:	197 N.J. 477
Document Size:	63289

7 State of New Jersey v. Ahmad Daniels a/k/a/ Ahmad Daniel -- rank: 739

... alongside a slowly moving SUV. When he was within arm’s reach, the jogger grabbed Lenez’s purse and, after a brief struggle, retreated to the passenger ... the SUV because she did not clearly see the driver’s face. One witness did identify Daniels as the driver of ... instructed the jury on the case law and the juror’s role in assessing credibility. The jury convicted Daniels of robbery ... The Appellate Division affirmed on appeal, finding that the prosecutor’s comments did not meet the standard for reversible error because ... a witness. The Supreme Court granted certification. HELD: The prosecutor’s comments on summation were unfairly prejudicial to Daniels. Failure ...

docket:	a-62-03
court:	njsupreme
decided:	2004-12-14
status:
citation:	182 N.J. 80
Document Size:	66097

8 STATE OF NEW JERSEY v. SEAN KENNEY -- rank: 739

... cert. denied sub. nom. , Kenney v. New Jersey , 532 U.S. 932 , 121 S. Ct. 1380 , 149 L. Ed.2d 306 (2001). Defendant sought proportionality ... this offense are fully set forth in the Supreme Court's opinion. We briefly outline them here to provide a context ... Michael Mills, Michael Sadlowski, and Daniel Kaighn. Tina Shiplee, Sadlowski's girlfriend, and defendant's girlfriend, Kelly Zuzulock, were also at the Columbia Cafe. ...

docket:	a2821-07
court:	superior court appellate division
decided:	2010-08-04
status:	unpublished
citation:
Document Size:	99680

9 SZCZEPANSKI V. NEWCOMB MEDICAL CENTER, INC. -- rank: 733

... case, the Court considers the extent to which a plaintiff's contingent fee agreement with her attorney limits or affects the award of a reasonable attorney's fee.     Meryl Szczepanski was a registered nurse employed by Favorite ... filed an amended complaint adding as defendants Favorite, Newcomb, Newcomb's chief executive officer and two Newcomb supervisors. Among other things ... on the retaliatory discharge claim aganst Newcomb and Favorit. Szczepanski's total recovery was $115,441, which included prejudgment interest.     Szczepanski's attorney made an application against Newcomb and Favorite for counsel ... litigation and had incurred costs of $3,906.02. Counsel's certification noted that most of her recorded time sheets ...

docket:	a-117-94
court:	njsupreme
decided:	1995-07-24
status:
citation:	141 N.J. 346
Document Size:	68126

10 STATE OF NEW JERSEY v. DARREN L. BRADSHAW -- rank: 720

... the following offenses: first-degree aggravated sexual assault, N.J.S.A. 2C:15-1 (counts four and eight); and third-degree terroristic threats, N.J.S.A. 2C:12-3b (counts five and nine). Counts one through five were severed on defendant's motion and count nine was dismissed prior to trial. After ... version of the No Early Release Act (NERA), N.J.S.A. 2C:43-7.2. The State moved to have ... an extended term as a repeat violent offender, N.J.S.A. 2C:43-7.1b, or as a persistent offender, N.J.S.A. 2C:44-3a. Defendant did not oppose the ...

docket:	a4731-02
court:	njappellate
decided:	2007-04-02
status:	published
citation:	392 N.J. Super. 425
Document Size:	88750

11 State v. Anderson Garron -- rank: 704

... trial court properly applied the Rape Shield Statute, N.J.S.A. 2C:14-7, in excluding evidence of the victim’s past relationship with defendant, Anderson Garron. A Cumberland County grand ... an encounter on September 28, 1998, between the victim, J.S., and Garron. The precise nature of that encounter was sharply contested by J.S. and Garron at trial. J.S. asserted that Garron raped her, whereas Garron claimed that the ... consensual sexual act. The history of the relationship between J.S. and Garron became the central focus of the pretrial ...

docket:	a-16-02
court:	njsupreme
decided:	2003-07-23
status:
citation:	177 N.J. 147
Document Size:	148455

12 STATE OF NEW JERSEY v. P.H. -- rank: 682

... the jury that "[y]ou . . . may not consider the child's failure to complain as evidence weighing against the credibility of ... the factors relevant to an evaluation of the alleged victim's credibility. Therefore, we reverse defendant's convictions.     Following a jury trial, defendant was found guilty of ... counts of aggravated sexual assault, in violation of N.J.S.A. 2C:24-4a. The trial court sentenced defendant to ... of a child, all to be served concurrently. Thus, defendant's aggregate term is twenty years imprisonment, with a ten-year ... The court also ordered defendant to comply with the Megan's Law registration, notification and lifetime community supervision requirements. See ...

docket:	a4912-99
court:	njappellate
decided:	2002-08-02
status:	published
citation:	353 N.J. Super. 527
Document Size:	72071

13 STATE OF NEW JERSEY v. EDGAR TORRES -- rank: 631

... required by the No Early Release Act (NERA), N.J.S.A. 2C:43-7.2. We affirmed, rejecting defendant's arguments that the court erred in denying his motions to ... 6-7, 14-16). The Supreme Court subsequently denied defendant's petition for certification. State v. Torres , 223 N.J. 556 ... a jury convicted defendant of first-degree robbery, N.J.S.A. 2C:15-1, and second-degree possession of a weapon for an unlawful purpose, N.J.S.A. 2C:39-4a, in connection with the 2006 bank ... I. THE TRIAL COURT ABUSED ITS DISCRETION BY DENYING DEFENDANT'S REQUEST TO REVISIT THE DECISIONS ON THE MIRANDA AND ...

docket:	a5901-13
court:	NJ Superior Court Appellate Division
decided:	2017-05-31
status:	unpublished
citation:
Document Size:	57098

14 STATE OF NEW JERSEY v. CARLOS FEAL -- rank: 615

... murder of his live-in girlfriend, Julia Torres, N.J.S.A. 2C:39-5b. The judge merged the first two ... J. 80 , 96 (2004). The prosecutor improperly commented on defendant's ability generally to tailor his testimony, mainly because he testified ... entrance wound. This indicated that the distance between the gun's muzzle and victim was between six and twenty inches. There ... gun could have caused this injury. The bullet entered Torres's chest cavity, moved through the lung, went through her heart ... went through the kidney and exited the body. The bullet's path was from left to right and downward from front ... the bullet wound. There was no gunshot residue on Torres's hands, forearms or body except for that on the ...

docket:	A0606-03
court:	NJ Superior Court Appellate Division
decided:	2007-03-27
status:	unpublished
citation:
Document Size:	73379

15 STATE OF NEW JERSEY v. ANTHONY MILLER -- rank: 609

... Anthony Miller was convicted of first degree robbery, N.J.S.A. 2C:15-1. The judge imposed a ten-year ... were also imposed by the judge. According to the State's proofs, on December 3, 2003 between 8:35 a.m ... became concerned that someone was going to notice the waitress's demeanor. He told the waitress to get someone else to ... waitress was sweating, shaking, and extremely frightened. Heron said, "It's probably somebody just joking with you." The waitress described the ... through the front door. Defendant was already gone. The restaurant's surveillance video camera tape revealed defendant walking up to the ... he had. Then on summation, the Assistant Prosecutor said: It's convenient for [defendant] to sit here today after he ...

docket:	a5896-04
court:	njappellate
decided:	2007-06-01
status:	unpublished
citation:	*CITE_PENDING*
Document Size:	68785