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91 STATE OF NEW JERSEY V. ALEX FLOREZ -- rank: 661

... and consummate the sale. The paid informant was the State's primary witness.     In this case the police used a "reverse ... metropolitan area. To implement the sting, the Somerset County Prosecutor's Office hired Nicholas Copola as a confidential informant. Copola's responsibility was to pass the word that a large-quantity ... in excess of $100,000. As a result of Copola's efforts, he earned over $130,000.     On January 2, 1990 ... State should have been required to disclose the principal informant's true identity, and further indicated that Florez's discovery rights had been violated and that the trial ...

docket:	a-27-93
court:	njsupreme
decided:	1994-01-27
status:
citation:	134 N.J. 570
Document Size:	65347

92 STATE OF NEW JERSEY v. TYRELL JACKSON -- rank: 661

... Dricketts, defendant was convicted of first-degree murder, N.J.S.A. 2C:11-3(a)(1) or (2); second-degree ... possession of a weapon for an unlawful purpose, N.J.S.A. 2C:39- 4(a); and third-degree unlawful possession of a weapon, N.J.S.A. 2C:39-5(a). On September 16, 2011, after ... pursuant to the No Early Release Act (NERA), N.J.S.A. 2C:43-7.2. In an unpublished opinion, we affirmed defendant's convictions and sentence, and our Supreme Court denied certification. State ... stemmed from the shooting death of Dana Reid. The State's theory was that defendant was engaged in a drug- ...

docket:	a1652-20
court:	NJ Superior Court Appellate Division
decided:	2023-08-11
status:	Unpublished
citation:
Document Size:	100944

93 STATE OF NEW JERSEY v. FRED NEULANDER -- rank: 661

... degree capital murder of his wife, Carol Neulander, N.J.S.A. 2C:11-3a(1); first-degree felony murder, N.J.S.A. 2C:11-3a(3); and second-degree conspiracy to commit murder, N.J.S.A. 2C:5-2. The first guilt-phase trial took ... guilt-phase trial is summarized in our opinion on defendant's direct appeal. State v. Neulander , No. A-3616-12 (App ... slip op. at 3-24). As indicated therein, Carol, defendant's wife of twenty-nine years, and the mother of his ... with Elaine Soncini, a radio broadcaster in Philadelphia, after Soncini's husband died. By the end of 1993, defendant and ...

docket:	a3943-13
court:	NJ Superior Court Appellate Division
decided:	2016-07-28
status:	unpublished
citation:
Document Size:	54349

94 STATE OF NEW JERSEY VS KEVIN PLEASANT -- rank: 658

... a juvenile in a drug distribution scheme.         II. The jury's verdict on the remaining counts (possession of CDS, possession of ... and resulting sentence imposed. (Not raised below).     We reject Pleasant's contentions and affirm.     Predicated on the proofs presented, the jury ... bags of marijuana in bags next to Pleasant. The State's expert linked several bags of marijuana found on Foushee to ... those testified to as belonging to Pleasant. In the detective's opinion, the seventy-eight small bags and six large bags ... a juvenile charges in the indictment. Of course, the jury's hung verdict on the other charges does not offer any ... those charges. I.     The trial judge denied, as unnecessary, Pleasant's request to instruct the jury in the following language:         [ ...

docket:	a3012-95
court:	njappellate
decided:	1998-06-24
status:	published
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95 State of New Jersey v. Stanley Cliff Smith -- rank: 658

... the M & M Deli in Ewing, New Jersey. The State’s theory at trial was that defendant and Roberts, seeking revenge ... shooter. Alibi witnesses confirmed that Roberts had been at Mason’s when Priester was killed. They also described his clothing on ... and Priester. In his supporting affidavit, Holt referred to Dickerson’s identification of Roberts as the shooter, his description, and what ... stories about the shooting, or that individuals had confirmed Roberts’s presence at the barber shop at the time of the shooting, or that their description of Roberts’s clothing did not comport with the description provided by Dickerson ... communications data warrant was issued and the police obtained Roberts’s telephone records on or about January 21. The warrant ...

docket:	A-68-10
court:	NJ Supreme Court
decided:	2012-10-25
status:
citation:	212 N.J. 365 54 A.3d 772
Document Size:	213164

96 62-64 Main Street, L.L.C. v. Mayor and Council of the City of Hackensack -- rank: 658

... of an area in need of redevelopment under N.J.S.A. 40A:12A-5(a), (b), and (d) of the ... 2 In 2006 , the Hackensack City Council authorized the City’s Planning Board to undertake a preliminary investigation to determine whether ... two-block area comprised of fourteen individual properties in Hackensack’s central business district -- a mix of commercial and residential uses ... forth in subsections (a), (b), and (d) of N.J.S.A. 40A:12A-5 for an area in need of ... determined that Lot 8 satisfied subsection (d) of N.J.S.A. 40A:12A-5 because of its “faulty arrangement ... addressed only an infirmity in subsection (e) of N.J.S.A. 40A:12A-5, and not subsections (a), (b), ...

docket:	A-19-13
court:	NJ Supreme Court
decided:	2015-03-23
status:
citation:	221 N.J. 129 110 A.3d 877
Document Size:	278831

97 STATE OF NEW JERSEY v. DONALD NAEEM BAILS -- rank: 658

... Respondent, v. DONALD NAEEM BAILS, Defendant-Appellant. ____________________________ October 19, 2011 S ubmitted September 21, 2011 - Decided Before Judges Graves and J ... from a conviction for fourth-degree aggravated assault, N.J.S.A. 2C:12-1(b)(5)(a), and third-degree resisting arrest, N.J.S.A. 2C:29-2(a), arguing a myriad of trial ... direction of Westside Avenue. Ibrahim was heading to his cousin's house on McAdoo Avenue where he was then residing. As ... point Simmons asked for a dollar and grabbed at Ibrahim's front pockets. Ibrahim struggled to break free and eventually was ... Ibrahim until Ibrahim turned left and proceeded to his cousin's house at the corner of Westside Avenue and McAdoo ...

docket:	a5798-08
court:	NJ Superior Court Appellate Division
decided:	2011-10-19
status:	unpublished
citation:
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98 STATE OF NEW JERSEY v. PHILLIP PARSONS, -- rank: 655

... motion to withdraw a guilty plea based upon the State's concealment of exculpatory evidence. We hold that the court should ... there is a reasonable probability that but for the State's failure to disclose, the defendant would not have pled guilty ... we conclude that the Law Division erred by denying defendant's motion to retract. I.     We need not recount the facts ... and arrested both Parsons and Carmen. A search of Carmen's clothing revealed marijuana and a set of keys. While waiting ... Parsons filed a motion seeking the release of Detective Marshall's personnel records. In his documentary submissions accompanying the motion, Parsons ... then moved to withdraw his guilty plea, citing the State's discovery violation. In his accompanying affidavit, Parsons' attorney represented ...

docket:	a3292-99
court:	njappellate
decided:	2001-06-26
status:	published
citation:	341 N.J. Super. 448
Document Size:	26216

99 State v. David A. Cooper -- rank: 655

... with her. The other children went and told L.G.'s mother what had occurred. L.G.'s mother, adult relatives, and neighbors searched for L.G. and ... search. Within a few hours after her disappearance, L.G.'s body was found under a porch of an abandoned house ... up, her panties at her ankles, a pair of men's boxer shorts over her face, and her vaginal area exposed ... of parole ineligibility. Defendant then confessed to causing L.G.'s death. He stated, however, that he was drunk and it ... G.     An autopsy revealed numerous internal injuries to L.G.'s vaginal area. She also had swelling of her neck, ...

docket:	a-99-96
court:	njsupreme
decided:	1997-08-20
status:
citation:	142 N.J. 449
Document Size:	252767

100 State v. Marie Hess -- rank: 655

... found at 207 N.J. 123 or 23 A.3d 373. 207 N.J. 123 or 23 A.3d 373. Original Wordprocessor Version SYLLABUS (This syllabus is not part of ... killed her husband, Jimmy Hess, a police officer. In defendant’s first statement, given on the day of the shooting, she ... returned an indictment charging defendant with first-degree murder. Defendant’s attorney retained a private investigator who interviewed people with first-hand information about the couple’s marital relationship, which revealed that Jimmy had abused and threatened ... husband would soon discover that she was hiding the family’s financial difficulties. Defendant entered into a plea agreement in ...

docket:	a-113-09
court:	superior court trial
decided:	2011-07-21
status:
citation:
Document Size:	204130

101 STATE OF NEW JERSEY v. MICHAEL HAYES -- rank: 655

... counsel at several stages of his proceedings. We reject defendant's arguments and affirm. I. We discern the following facts from ... the victim, P.H., into the bathroom at the Bally’s casino in Atlantic City and robbed him of his recent gambling winnings. In two written statements to Bally's and the Atlantic City Police Department shortly after the incident ... was unsure whether this object was a gun or defendant's finger. At a later unspecified time, P.H. identified defendant ... the No Early Release Act (NERA), in exchange for defendant's guilty plea to the first-degree robbery charge, and a ... Michael Paulis (DAG Paulis) told the court he felt defendant's bail was too low. Shortly after this statement, the ...

docket:	a0302-15
court:	NJ Superior Court Appellate Division
decided:	2016-11-28
status:	unpublished
citation:
Document Size:	54302

102 STATE OF NEW JERSEY v. WILSON MORALES -- rank: 655

... grand jury indicted defendant for first-degree murder, N.J.S.A. 2C:11-3a(1) and (2); felony murder, N.J.S.A. 2C:11-3a(3); armed robbery, N.J.S.A. 2C:15-1; conspiracy to commit armed robbery and murder, N.J.S.A. 2C:5-2, 11-3 and 15-1; aggravated assault, N.J.S.A. 2C:12-1b(4); possession of a firearm for an unlawful purpose, N.J.S.A. 2C:39-4a; unlawful possession of a handgun, ...

docket:	a1270-10
court:	NJ Superior Court Appellate Division
decided:	2013-02-20
status:	unpublished
citation:
Document Size:	33053

103 MACK-CALI REALTY CORP. v. STATE OF NEW JERSEY -- rank: 655

... J. Edelstein, Richard L. Rudin, Donald A. Klein, and Paul S. Grossman, on the briefs). Jean P. Reilly, Assistant Attorney General ... argued the cause for respondent State of New Jersey (Gurbir S. Grewal, Attorney General, attorney; Jean P. Reilly, of counsel and ... imposed a payroll tax of one-percent of an employer's payroll, but exempted from the calculation employees who were residents ... 1 to the Local Tax Authorization Act (LTAA), N.J.S.A. 40:48C-1 to -42, violated the United States ... to the Long-Term Tax Exemption Law (LTTEL), N.J.S.A. 40A:20-1 to -22. After considering oral argument ... the City. A-3097-18 4 exercise of the City's authority. The judge entered conforming orders, and this appeal ...

docket:	a3097-18
court:	NJ Superior Court Appellate Division
decided:	2021-02-16
status:	Published
citation:
Document Size:	96481

104 STATE OF NEW JERSEY VS. NAEEM MILLER -- rank: 655

... on the briefs). Freeman & Patel LLC, attorneys for respondent (Jarred S. Freeman, on the brief). PER CURIAM By leave granted, the State appeals from the Law Division's June 1, 2023 order vacating defendant Naeem Miller's May 13, 2005 judgment of conviction and granting a new trial. Having reviewed the State's contentions and the record in light of the applicable standard ... an indictment charging defendant with first-degree murder, N.J.S.A. 2C:11-3(a); second-degree aggravated assault, N.J.S.A. 2C:12-1(b); third-degree unlawful possession ...

docket:	a3365-22
court:	appellate
decided:	2024-04-01
status:	Unpublished
citation:
Document Size:	43772

105 LaFage v. Jani, M.D. -- rank: 655

... Mrs. LaFage gave the nurse a cup of Mr. LaFage's phlegm and asked how a muscle pull could cause the ... but that she would contact the doctor.     That night, LaFage's condition worsened, and he was transferred to a Philadelphia hospital ... was three-months pregnant at the time of her husband's death. A few days after the death, Mrs. LaFage's father contacted Angelo Falciani, an attorney, regarding a possible malpractice ... 4, 1997, two years and twenty seven days after LaFage's death. Defendant, Dr. Jani, filed a motion to dismiss because ... June 29, 1995, the date on which he received LaFage's autopsy report. That report indicated that the cause of ...

docket:	a-65-99
court:	njsupreme
decided:	2001-02-22
status:
citation:	166 N.J. 412
Document Size:	144285