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16 State v. Roosevelt Grey -- rank: 790

... the three felony murder counts.     The Appellate Division affirmed Grey's conviction and sentence, reasoning that consistent verdicts are not required ... to compromise, mistake or leniency.     The Supreme Court granted Grey's petition for certification limited to the issue of inconsistent verdicts ... not necessarily indicate that the jury was unconvinced of Grey's guilt, but might be the result of leniency or nullification ... cannot substitute its interpretation of the verdict for the jury's. The jury simply did not convict Grey of arson. The ... is not the case here. He concurs with the majority's holding that in the future, trial courts should instruct juries ... and JUSTICES HANDLER and STEIN join in JUSTICE O'HERN'S opinion. JUSTICE COLEMAN has filed an opinion concurring in ...

docket:	a-1-96
court:	njsupreme
decided:	1996-12-11
status:
citation:	147 N.J. 4
Document Size:	101068

17 State of New Jersey v. Michael J. Natale -- rank: 779

... State of New Jersey v. Michael J. Natale (A-82/83-04) [NOTE: This is a companion case to State v ... sentence authorized by either a jury verdict or a defendant’s admissions at a plea hearing runs afoul of the Sixth ... schemes across the nation, including the constitutionality of New Jersey’s sentencing scheme.     Michael Natale and his girlfriend Ginamarie Lerro lived ... convictions, those sentences running consecutive to the assault sentence. Natale’s aggregate sentence was a fourteen-year prison term with a ... that the sentences imposed by the trial court violated Natale’s Sixth Amendment right to trial by jury and remanded to the trial court. We granted the State’s petition and Natale’s cross-petition. HELD: A sentence ...

docket:	a-82-04
court:	njsupreme
decided:	2005-08-02
status:
citation:	*CITE_PENDING*
Document Size:	99449

18 STATE OF NEW JERSEY v. OMAR SHAHEER THOMAS -- rank: 768

... count one, murder of Jeffrey Eresman, contrary to N.J.S.A. 2C:11-3(a)(1) and (2); count two, felony murder of Jeffrey Eresman, contrary to N.J.S.A. 2C:11-3(a)(3); count three, murder of Erik Rewoldt, contrary to N.J.S.A. 2C:11-3(a)(1) and (2); count four, felony murder of Erik Rewoldt, contrary to N.J.S.A. 2C:11-3(a)(3); count five, armed robbery, contrary to N.J.S.A. 2C:15-1(a)(1); count six, possession of ... a weapon for an unlawful purpose, contrary to N.J.S.A. 2C:39-4(a); count seven, unlawful possession ...

docket:	a3347-08
court:	NJ Superior Court Appellate Division
decided:	2013-04-19
status:	unpublished
citation:
Document Size:	173805

19 STATE OF NEW JERSEY VS KEVIN SCHERZER, ET AL -- rank: 765

... mentally defective victim, M.G. In September 1990, the prosecutor's application to have three juveniles, Christopher Archer, his brother Paul ... second degree conspiracy to commit aggravated sexual assault ( N.J.S.A. 2C:14-3a, Counts Six, Seven, Eight, and Nine ... J. 454, 459 (1967). The judge must view the State's evidence, both direct and circumstantial, in its entirety and give ... be drawn" from that testimony. Ibid. In reviewing the judge's determination, we can give no consideration to any evidence or inferences from the defendant's case and must exclude from our consideration any improperly admitted evidence. Ibid.     At the close of the State's case, defendants moved for judgments of acquittal on all ...

docket:	a4374-92
court:	njappellate
decided:	1997-05-20
status:	published
citation:	301 N.J.Super. 363
Document Size:	244706

20 STATE OF NEW JERSEY VS KEVIN SCHERZER, ET AL -- rank: 765

... mentally defective victim, M.G. In September 1990, the prosecutor's application to have three juveniles, Christopher Archer, his brother Paul ... second degree conspiracy to commit aggravated sexual assault ( N.J.S.A. 2C:14-3a, Counts Six, Seven, Eight, and Nine ... J. 454, 459 (1967). The judge must view the State's evidence, both direct and circumstantial, in its entirety and give ... be drawn" from that testimony. Ibid. In reviewing the judge's determination, we can give no consideration to any evidence or inferences from the defendant's case and must exclude from our consideration any improperly admitted evidence. Ibid.     At the close of the State's case, defendants moved for judgments of acquittal on all ...

docket:	a4887-92
court:	njappellate
decided:	1997-05-20
status:	published
citation:	301 N.J.Super. 363
Document Size:	244706

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docket:	c-268-12
court:	NJ Superior Court Law/Chancery Division
decided:	0000-00-00
status:
citation:
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22 HUNTER v. GREENWOOD TRUST COMPANY -- rank: 752

... party in a class-action suit, contends that: New Jersey's Retail Installment Sales Act (RISA) (since amended in 1995) forbids ... New Jersey customers from charging late-payment fees; Greenwood Trust's advertising and card-member agreements violate New Jersey's Consumer Fraud Act; and the imposition of late-payment fees ... definition of interest, Greenwood Trust contends that RISA, and Hunter's other claims, conflict with, and are preempted by, section 521 ... and the Appellate Division affirmed. The Supreme Court granted Hunter's petition for certification. HELD:     For substantially the same reasons expressed ... Deregulation and Monetary Control Act does not preempt New Jersey's Retail Installment Sales Act's prohibition on late-payment ...

docket:	a-103-94
court:	njsupreme
decided:	1995-11-28
status:
citation:	143 N.J. 97
Document Size:	58541

23 KENNETH HAGEL v. KEVIN DAVENPORT -- rank: 749

... claimed that defendants violated the Law Against Discrimination, N.J.S.A. 10:5- A-3652-19 2 1 to -42 ... record and the applicable law, we affirm. I. A. Plaintiff's military reserve service and hiring by the Department. Plaintiff graduated ... in addition to enlisting for three years in the Navy's active reserve. He was assigned to the facility formerly known ... hired him full-time as a regular patrolman. During plaintiff's time in the Department, he was the only full-time ... chief of police, but 'nothing ever got done.' C. Davenport's promotion in 2007 and takeover of Department scheduling. The 2006 ... police chiefs from other municipalities; an interview with the Department's commanding officers; an interview with the Borough Council; and ...

docket:	a3652-19
court:	NJ Superior Court Appellate Division
decided:	2024-02-06
status:	Unpublished
citation:
Document Size:	186938

24 GEORGE HARMS CONSTRUCTION CO. V. NEW JERSEY TURNPIKE AUTHORITY -- rank: 746

... unions. The asserted basis for the resolution was the TPA's interest in avoiding labor disturbances, such as work stoppages that ... BCTC-affiliated local and the Steelworkers union to which Harms's employees belong.     In addition to passing the resolution requiring project ... Harms and some of its Steelworkers employees appealed the TPA's adoption of the two resolutions. Another appeal was brought to ... 1.    Harms was provided administrative due process because the company's attorney was given the opportunity to attend and to speak ... resolutions establishing the project-labor-agreement requirement and vacating Harms's bid were adopted. The TPA is not required to reinstate Harms's bid. The Court does not decide whether the action ...

docket:	a-113-93
court:	njsupreme
decided:	1994-07-07
status:
citation:	137 N.J. 8
Document Size:	119992

25 STATE OF NEW JERSEY VS WILLIAM DAVID JONES -- rank: 743

... in this capital murder prosecution under Bergen County Indictment No. S-1452-95. The orders (1) denied the State's application to permit it to use for impeachment purposes certain of defendant's statements to Officer Ziegler; (2) suppressed certain writings seized at defendant's home pursuant to a search warrant; and (3) ordered the ... that, in the event "the Appellate Division [reverses] this court's ruling . . . concerning the opinions set forth in [the medical examiner's] supplemental report, there shall be separate guilt and penalty ...

docket:	a0061-97
court:	njappellate
decided:	1998-01-27
status:	published
citation:	308 N.J.Super. 15
Document Size:	89892

26 Martindale v. Sandvik, Inc. -- rank: 741

... and obtained disability leave. After giving birth, defendant granted plaintiff's request for family and medical leave to commence at the ... position was being eliminated due to a reorganization of defendant's holding company and its financial department. Defendant ceased disability payments ... arbitration. The trial court granted the motion and dismissed plaintiff's complaint without prejudice, but ordered a stay pending appeal.     On appeal, the Appellate Division affirmed the trial court's ruling. The panel determined that the arbitration agreement contained in ... and unambiguous, and it was sufficiently broad to encompass plaintiff's statutory causes of action. 1. The first step in determining ... Legislature codified its endorsement of arbitration agreements in N.J.S.A. 2A:24-1 to -11, and New Jersey ...

docket:	a-10-01
court:	njsupreme
decided:	2002-07-17
status:
citation:	173 N.J. 76
Document Size:	87711

27 STATE OF NEW JERSEY v. JAYSON S. WILLIAMS -- rank: 738

... 2524-07T4 STATE OF NEW JERSEY, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. JAYSON S. WILLIAMS, Defendant-Respondent. Argued May 14, 2008 - Decided Before Judges ... at about 1 a.m. and were driven to defendant's home. Id. at 119. The limousine driver, Costas "Gus" Christofi, joined the group in defendant's home after they arrived. Ibid. At some point, defendant removed ... a cabinet in his bedroom and "wielded" it in Christofi's direction. The gun went off and Christofi was shot in ... trial that defendant attempted to conceal his involvement in Christofi's death by cleaning the fingerprints off the gun and placing it in Christofi's hands. Id. at 119-20. Defendant removed his blood- ...

docket:	a2524-07
court:	NJ Superior Court Appellate Division
decided:	2007-12-14
status:	published
citation:	403 N.J. Super. 39 956 A.2d 375
Document Size:	79711

28 THE AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION OF NEW JERSEY, INC. et al. v. COUNTY OF HUDSON, et al. -- rank: 738

... Thomas     Calcagni, Gregory G. Katsas, Mark B. Stern and     Katherine S. Dawson).     Ronald Chen (Rutgers Constitutional Litigation Clinic)     argued the cause ... County and Felix     Garcia (Matthew Malfa on the brief).     Joseph S. Sherman, Hudson County Counsel, attorney     for respondents Hudson County and ... United States or the government), appeals from the trial court's order and judgment requiring defendants, the counties of Hudson and ... Jacobs, its executive director, cross-appeal from the trial court's grant of the government's motion to intervene. The counties each cross- appeal, conditionally in ... the order granting intervention is reversed, from the trial court's order dismissing their third- party complaints against the INS. ...

docket:	a4100-01
court:	njappellate
decided:	2002-06-12
status:	published
citation:	352 N.J. Super. 44
Document Size:	98021

29 STATE OF NEW JERSEY v. MARSHA G. BERNARD, -- rank: 735

... G. Bernard (Richard Sparaco, Designated Counsel, on the brief). Gurbir S. Grewal, Attorney General, attorney for respondent in A-3811-15 ... argued the cause for respondent in A-4893-15 (Gurbir S. Grewal, Attorney General, attorney; Sarah Lichter, of counsel and on ... to distribute cocaine and financially facilitate criminal activity, N.J.S.A. 2C:5-2, N.J.S.A. 2C:21-25, and N.J.S.A. 2C:35-5; first-degree distribution of cocaine, N.J.S.A. 2C:35-5; and lesser-included second-degree ...

docket:	a3811-15
court:	NJ Superior Court Appellate Division
decided:	2019-02-06
status:	Unpublished
citation:
Document Size:	96627

30 State v. William D. Brown -- rank: 730

... writing for the Court. The Court considers whether the State’s failure to produce nineteen discovery items until one week after ... Crews violated defendants’ due process rights under Brady v. Maryland, 373 U.S. 83 (1963). The Court’s Brady analysis requires review of two evidentiary rulings, made ...

docket:	a-23-24-17
court:	NJ Supreme Court
decided:	2019-02-04
status:
citation:
Document Size:	81568