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31 State of New Jersey v. John L. Nyhammer -- rank: 624

... direct examination. Detective Michael Sperry of the Burlington County Prosecutor’s Office contacted defendant John Nyhammer by telephone on September 24 ... the Pemberton Township Police Department to discuss allegations that defendant’s uncle, Glenn Green, had sexually abused his grand-niece, Amanda ... the interview. Detective Sperry began with questions related to Green’s relationship to defendant and Amanda. Detective Sperry did not mention Amanda’s allegations concerning defendant. During the seventeen-minute audiotape interview, Nyhammer ... that Green may have sexually abused Nyhammer, which caused defendant’s eyes to fill with tears. Although defendant denied being abused ... of a child. The victim of those crimes was Nyhammer’s nine-year-old niece, referred to as “Amanda” ...

docket:	a-85-07
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decided:	2009-02-03
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citation:	197 N.J. 383
Document Size:	146610

32 STATE OF NEW JERSEY v. EUGENE BASIL -- rank: 624

... Defender, attorney; Mr. Sweeney, Designated Counsel, on the brief). Joel S. Silberman, Assistant Prosecutor, argued the cause for respondent (Edward J ... his conviction for unlawful possession of a weapon, N.J.S.A. 2C:39-5c(1), and from his extended-term ... REGARDING AN ALLEGED STATEMENT AT THE POLICE STATION VIOLATED APPELLANT'S RIGHTS UNDER THE FOURTH, FIFTH AND FOURTEENTH AMENDMENTS TO THE ... The Failure to Administer Miranda Rights and Violation of Appellant's Rights against Self-Incrimination ( Fifth Amendment ). C. Violation of Appellant's Right to Due Process by Official Inducement of an Involuntary ... OF THE ANONYMOUS TIPSTER CONSTITUTED INADMISSIBLE HEARSAY AND VIOLATED APPELLANT'S SIXTH AMENDMENT RIGHT TO CONFRONTATION AND HIS FOURTEENTH AMENDMENT ...

docket:	a0350-07
court:	NJ Superior Court Appellate Division
decided:	2009-05-04
status:	unpublished
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33 State of New Jersey v. John L. Nyhammer -- rank: 624

... direct examination. Detective Michael Sperry of the Burlington County Prosecutor's Office contacted defendant John Nyhammer by telephone on September 24 ... the Pemberton Township Police Department to discuss allegations that defendant's uncle, Glenn Green, had sexually abused his grand-niece, Amanda ... the interview. Detective Sperry began with questions related to Green's relationship to defendant and Amanda. Detective Sperry did not mention Amanda's allegations concerning defendant. During the seventeen-minute audiotape interview, Nyhammer ... that Green may have sexually abused Nyhammer, which caused defendant's eyes to fill with tears. Although defendant denied being abused ... of a child. The victim of those crimes was Nyhammer's nine-year-old niece, referred to as "Amanda" for ...

docket:	a-85-07
court:
decided:	2009-02-03
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citation:	197 N.J. 383 963 A.2d 316
Document Size:	126710

34 State of New Jersey v. Julie Kuropchak -- rank: 616

... set of tests and that lip balm, blood in defendant’s mouth, and a cell phone in the testing room may ... evidence as business records. The court also admitted Officer Brito’s Alcotest Operator Certification, the Alcotest Calibration Certificate, Part I -- Control ... than 08J060, which was the simulator solution used in defendant’s control test. 2 On August 10 , 2010, the municipal court ... de novo review, giving due deference to the municipal court’s credibility determinations, the Law Division found defendant guilty of DWI. The Appellate Division affirmed defendant’s conviction. This Court granted defendant’s petition for certification, limited to the admissibility of the ...

docket:	A-41-13
court:	NJ Supreme Court
decided:	2015-04-28
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citation:	221 N.J. 368 113 A.3d 1174
Document Size:	82310

35 STATE OF NEW JERSEY IN THE INTEREST OF A.M., JR -- rank: 599

... by an adult, would constitute robbery, contrary to N.J.S.A. 2C:15-1a(1), in that he inflicted bodily ... grams or less of mari�juana, contrary to N.J.S.A. 2C:35-10a(4). He contends that the trial court erred in admitting the victim's statements to the police under the excited utterance exception to ... They reported that they knew the victim and stated "that's, obviously, not what was happening there." The officers placed both ... tried to take his money." At that point, the juvenile's counsel objected. The prose�cutor urged that the victim's statement met all of the criteria of N.J. ...

docket:	a5833-07
court:	superior court appellate division
decided:	2010-10-25
status:	unpublished
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36 STATE OF NEW JERSEY IN THE INTEREST OF B.S A. JUVENILE -- rank: 599

... 06T4 STATE OF NEW JERSEY IN THE INTEREST OF B.S., A JUVENILE. ________________________________________________________________ Submitted June 23, 2009 Decided Before Judges Cuff ... 07A. Yvonne Smith Segars, Public Defender, attorney for appellant, B.S. (Abby P. Schwartz, Assistant Deputy Public Defender, of counsel and ... Prosecutor, of counsel and on the brief). PER CURIAM B.S., a juvenile, appeals from an adjudication of delinquency entered on ... would constitute second degree robbery in violation of N.J.S.A. 2C:15-1a. The judge imposed a two-year ... his assailants. D.J. later pled guilty and implicated B.S. as his partner. At trial, Officers Hoskins and Komoncho and ... by the victim. D.J. testified that he and B.S. "had hit this dude for no reason on a ...

docket:	a5225-06
court:	NJ Superior Court Appellate Division
decided:	2009-07-20
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37 IN THE MATTER OF THE 1990 IRVING HELSEL FAMILY TRUST -- rank: 594

... SUPERIOR COURT OF NEW JERSEY APPELLATE DIVISION DOCKET NOS. A-2266-16T4 A-2932-16T4 IN THE MATTER OF THE 1990 ... No. 208888. Monica Helsel and Samuel Helsel, appellants in A- 2266-16 and respondents in A-2932-16, argued the cause ... se. Richard J. Mirra argued the cause for respondent Mark S. Goldstein in A-2666-16 and appellant in A-2932 ... Exempt Trust' (Exempt Trust). The issues on appeal involve attorney's fees, management of the trusts, removal of the co-trustees and approval of the final accounting. In A-2266-16, we affirm the December 16, 2016 reconsideration order in which a second judge granted the parties' reasonable attorney's fees beyond the $50,000 limit set by the ...

docket:	a2266-16
court:	NJ Superior Court Appellate Division
decided:	2019-02-28
status:	Unpublished
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Document Size:	30050

38 STATE OF NEW JERSEY v. MICHAEL SAPIENZA -- rank: 594

... possession of a weapon for an unlawful purpose, N.J.S.A. 2C:5-1 and N.J.S.A. 2C:11-3, fourth-degree aggravated assault by pointing a firearm, 541 U.S. 36, 124 S. Ct. 1354 , 158 L. Ed.2d 177 (2004). The crux of defendant's argument states Margaret's statements were not reliable when ...

docket:	a5758-05
court:	njappellate
decided:	2009-01-13
status:	unpublished
citation:	*CITE_PENDING*
Document Size:	44365

39 STATE OF NEW JERSEY v. JACOB R. GENTRY -- rank: 591

... 20, 2011 conviction for first-degree aggravated manslaughter, N.J.S.A. 2C:11-4a, and third-degree endangering an injured victim, N.J.S.A. 2C:12-1.2, and from the sentence of ... subject to the No Early Release Act (NERA), N.J.S.A. 2C:43-7.2. On this appeal, defendant raises ... the following points for our consideration: POINT I THE STATE'S USE, OVER DEFENSE OBJECTION, OF THE CO-DEFENDANT'S STATEMENT TO POLICE -- BOTH WHEN CROSS-EXAMINING THE DEFENDANT, AND IN THE PROSECUTOR'S SUMMATION -- WAS A BLATANT VIOLATION OF DEFENDANT'S RIGHTS ...

docket:	a2481-11
court:	NJ Superior Court Appellate Division
decided:	2015-01-13
status:	unpublished
citation:	439 N.J.Super. 57 106 A.3d 552
Document Size:	60634

40 STATE OF NEW JERSEY v. FREDDIE DEAN, JR. -- rank: 591

... against them. The answer requires an analysis of a defendant's right of confrontation under the Sixth Amendment and whether the ... degree murder) (Count One); first-degree armed robbery, N.J.S.A. 2C:15-1 and 2C:2-6 (Count Two), and felony murder, N.J.S.A. 2C:39-4a and 2C:2-6 (Count Four ... unlawful possession of a handgun without a permit, N.J.S.A. 2C:39-5b and 2C:6-2 (Count Six ... of a weapon (shotgun) for an unlawful purpose, N.J.S.A. 2C:39-4a and 2C:2-6 (Count Five ... Super. 411 (Law Div. 1984), asserted that, after hearing Bush's testimony, if the judge determined that the threats were ...

docket:	a3469-04
court:	njappellate
decided:	2007-05-22
status:	published
citation:	393 N.J. Super. 218
Document Size:	54545

41 STATE OF NEW JERSEY v. DIONTE BYRD -- rank: 591

... against them. The answer requires an analysis of a defendant's right of confrontation under the Sixth Amendment and whether the ... degree murder) (Count One); first-degree armed robbery, N.J.S.A. 2C:15-1 and 2C:2-6 (Count Two), and felony murder, N.J.S.A. 2C:39-4a and 2C:2-6 (Count Four ... unlawful possession of a handgun without a permit, N.J.S.A. 2C:39-5b and 2C:6-2 (Count Six ... of a weapon (shotgun) for an unlawful purpose, N.J.S.A. 2C:39-4a and 2C:2-6 (Count Five ... Super. 411 (Law Div. 1984), asserted that, after hearing Bush's testimony, if the judge determined that the threats were ...

docket:	A1833-04
court:	NJ Superior Court Appellate Division
decided:	2007-05-22
status:	published
citation:	393 N.J. Super. 218 923 A.2d 242
Document Size:	58255

42 STATE OF NEW JERSEY v. MARC GALLUCCI -- rank: 591

... Law Division, Middlesex County, Indictment No. 12-09-1393. Lauren S. Michaels, Assistant Deputy Public Defender, argued the cause for appellant ... Stephanie R. Tylka guilty of the aggravated assault of Tylka's former paramour. 1 The trial judge sentenced Gallucci to a ... errors. First, the judge unduly restricted evidence of the victim's past violent behavior toward Tylka and improperly instructed the jury on the victim's prior bad acts. Second, the judge failed to give a ... summation. Lastly, Gallucci contends the cumulative effect of the court's and prosecutor's missteps deprived him of a fair trial. Tylka makes ...

docket:	a3609-13
court:	NJ Superior Court Appellate Division
decided:	2017-07-10
status:	unpublished
citation:
Document Size:	95075

43 STATE OF NEW JERSEY v. MAX YVES MERLAIN -- rank: 583

... Max Merlain, guilty of serious bodily injury murder, N.J.S.A. 2C:11-3a(1), and endangering the welfare of ... August 8, 2004, at 7:41 p.m., Dominique, defendant's girlfriend, called 9-1-1 to report that her two ... Medical personnel at the hospital noted an abrasion on Julio's face and bruising on the left side of his face ... belly was distended, indicating possible trauma. They recorded the mother's explanation for the bruising--the previous day's fall in the bathtub--but noted that the bruising was ... administered CPR correctly. The emergency room nurse also noted defendant's statements that he had cared for the child all ...

docket:	a2294-08
court:	NJ Superior Court Appellate Division
decided:	2012-03-26
status:	unpublished
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Document Size:	121856

44 /usr/local/share/www/libweb/collections/courts/appellate/a2481-11redacted.opn.html -- rank: 583

... 20, 2011 conviction for first-degree aggravated manslaughter, N.J.S.A. 2C:11-4a, and third-degree endangering an injured victim, N.J.S.A. 2C:12-1.2, and from the sentence of ... subject to the No Early Release Act (NERA), N.J.S.A. 2C:43-7.2. On this appeal, defendant raises ... the following points for our consideration: POINT I THE STATE'S USE, OVER DEFENSE OBJECTION, OF THE CO-DEFENDANT'S STATEMENT TO POLICE -- BOTH WHEN CROSS-EXAMINING THE DEFENDANT, AND IN THE PROSECUTOR'S SUMMATION -- WAS A BLATANT VIOLATION OF DEFENDANT'S RIGHTS ...

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court:	NJ Superior Court Law/Chancery Division
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45 STATE OF NEW JERSEY v. JULIO F. RIVERA -- rank: 581

... police officer and creating a risk of injury, N.J.S.A. 2C:29-2(b), and second-degree aggravated assault, N.J.S.A. 2C:12-1(b)(6), as well as the ... ineligibility pursuant the No Early Release Act (NERA), N.J.S.A. 2C:43-7.2. We affirm. I. We discern ... from the record on appeal, including the transcript of Rivera's trial. Rivera and co-defendant Elvin Caballero were indicted in ... convicted. Caballero was charged with receiving stolen property, N.J.S.A. 2C:20-7(a), and resisting arrest, N.J.S.A. 2C:29-2(a)(2), -2(a)(3)( ...

docket:	a3087-12
court:	NJ Superior Court Appellate Division
decided:	2015-05-01
status:	unpublished
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Document Size:	62386