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211 STATE OF NEW JERSEY VS SHAROB CLOWNEY -- rank: 617

... her neck. Sitting in the bed near their naked mother's body were two of Williams' children....Kyshon, age five, and ... Jury indicted defendant for purposeful or knowing murder ( N.J.S.A. 2C:11-3a, b, count two); burglary ( N.J.S.A. 2C:18-2a, count three); aggravated sexual assault ( N.J.S.A. 2C:39-4d, counts seven, eight, and nine); and ... for such lawful uses as it may have ( N.J.S.A. 2C:39-5d, count ten).     A trial jury found ... As noted hereafter, we remand for correction. See N.J.S.A. 2C:43-3.1 (requiring a VCCB penalty ...

docket:	a2984-94
court:	njappellate
decided:	1997-03-19
status:	published
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212 STATE OF NEW JERSEY v. P.C -- rank: 617

... A jury convicted Paul of first-degree murder, N.J.S.A. 2C:11-3(a)(1); six counts of first-degree attempted murder, N.J.S.A. 2C:5-1(a)(1) and N.J.S.A. 2C:11-3(a)(1); seven counts of fourth-degree aggravated assault with a firearm, N.J.S.A. 2C:12-1(b)(4); second-degree possession of a firearm for an unlawful purpose, N.J.S.A. 2C:39-4(a)(1); and second-degree unlawful possession of a firearm without a permit, N.J.S.A. 2C:39-5(b)(1). Paul was sentenced ...

docket:	a0134-19
court:	NJ Superior Court Appellate Division
decided:	2023-06-15
status:	Unpublished
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213 STATE OF NEW JERSEY v. GEORGE T. RODGERS -- rank: 617

... degree possession of a controlled dangerous substance (CDS), N.J.S.A. 2C:35-10(a)(1), count one; second-degree ... possession of a CDS with intent to distribute, N.J.S.A. 2C:35-5(a)(1) and 2C:35-5 ... count two; and fourth-degree tampering with evidence, N.J.S.A. 2C:28-6. Defendant also maintains the imposed sentence ... jury instructions. More specifically, he argues: POINT I THE DEFENDANT'S RIGHT TO CONFLICT-FREE COUNSEL AS GUARANTEED BY THE SIXTH ... STANDARD. B. THE NEW JERSEY STANDARD. POINT II THE DEFENDANT'S RIGHT TO DUE PROCESS OF LAW AS GUARANTEED BY THE ... OF OPINION EVIDENCE (Not Raised Below). POINT III THE DEFENDANT'S RIGHT TO DUE PROCESS OF LAW AS GUARANTEED BY ...

docket:	a2096-12
court:	NJ Superior Court Appellate Division
decided:	2015-01-16
status:	unpublished
citation:
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214 STATE OF NEW JERSEY v. SHAWN ROBERT JOHNSON -- rank: 617

... 2006, Jahmere Crooms was shot in the back outside Sheffield's Market in Asbury Park. He was subsequently transported to Jersey ... Park Detective Alastair Sweeney that he had been inside Sheffield's Market with Tylik Pugh just before being shot. When they ... stated that he and five other individuals went to Sheffield's Market and encountered three men outside: defendant, Tim Anderson, and ... from her window a group of people congregated outside Sheffield's Market. Among the crowd she identified Pugh, whose family resided ... kids in black hoodies with jeans" running away from Sheffield's Market. The other individuals scattered in various directions. Pamela Elam was stopped at a traffic light near Sheffield's Market, which she confirmed was a "hangout spot" for ...

docket:	a1746-08
court:	superior court trial
decided:	2011-01-13
status:	unpublished
citation:
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215 STATE OF NEW JERSEY v. WILLIAM W. CROWLEY -- rank: 614

... DEFENDANT WAS DENIED DUE PROCESS OF LAW BY THE STATE'S LOSS OR DESTRUCTION OF ITS ENTIRE FILE, INCLUDING POTENTIALLY EXCULPATORY EVIDENCE (PARTIALLY RAISED BELOW). POINT IV THE STATE'S ARGUMENT IN SUMMATION THAT DEFENDANT WOULD HAVE GONE TO THE POLICE IF HE FEARED RETRIBUTION FROM THE VICTIM'S FAMILY, USED TO BOLSTER ITS ARGUMENT THAT DEFENDANT'S FLIGHT FROM NEW JERSEY EVINCED CONSCIOUSNESS OF GUILT, CONSTITUTED PROSECUTORIAL MISCONDUCT NECESSITATING REVERSAL. (NOT RAISED BELOW). POINT V DEFENDANT'S CONVICTION SHOULD BE REVERSED ON THE BASIS OF CUMULATIVE ERROR ... and had been together for nine years. One of defendant's friends, co-defendant Walter Rajoh Griggs, stopped by that ...

docket:	a4547-11
court:	NJ Superior Court Appellate Division
decided:	2014-07-08
status:	unpublished
citation:
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216 STATE OF NEW JERSEY v. RICKY WILLIAMS -- rank: 614

... MINOVICH DENIED DEFENDANT A FAIR TRIAL AND THE TRIAL COURT'S DENIAL OF DEFENDANT'S MOTION FOR A MISTRIAL REGARDING SAID TESTIMONY WAS ERROR. POINT TWO THE TRIAL COURT ERRED BY DENYING DEFENDANT'S JUDGMENT OF ACQUITTAL AND NEW TRIAL MOTIONS. POINT THREE OFFICER ... BOLSTERED THE CREDIBILITY OF LIEUTENANT MINOVICH. POINT FOUR DETECTIVE HOLLOWAY'S EXPERT OPINION USURPED THE ROLE OF THE JURY. POINT FIVE ... HOLLOWAY IMPROPERLY BOLSTERED THE FACT WITNESSES. POINT SIX OFFICER DUMANGYNE'S TESTIMONY DENIED DEFENDANT A FAIR TRIAL. POINT SEVEN THE TRIAL ... a man, later identified as defendant, standing at the driver’s side door of a green Chevy Lumina. Co-defendant ...

docket:	a3960-09
court:	NJ Superior Court Appellate Division
decided:	2011-06-07
status:	unpublished
citation:
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217 STATE OF NEW JERSEY v. ISMAEL BINBOW -- rank: 611

... appeal: POINT I THE TRIAL COURT ERRED IN DENYING DEFENDANT'S MOTION FOR A NEW TRIAL BASED ON THE STATE'S FAILURE TO REVEAL THAT LIEUTENANT MINOVICH AND SERGEANT COSTA WERE ... THE SUBJECT OF AN INVESTIGATION BY THE ESSEX COUNTY PROSECUTOR'S OFFICE INTO WHETHER OR NOT THEY HAD BEATEN A PRISONER ... INVESTIGATION. POINT II THE TRIAL COURT ERRED IN DENYING DEFENDANT'S MOTION FOR A MISTRIAL AFTER THE STATE ELICITED TESTIMONY FROM ... POINT III THE TRIAL COURT ERRED IN PERMITTING THE STATE'S EXPERT TO OFFER FACTS NOT IN EVIDENCE IRRELEVANT TO THE ... TO OFFER ANY OPINION ON THE ULTIMATE ISSUE OF DEFENDANT'S GUILT AND TO BASE HIS OPINION ON FACTS NOT ...

docket:	a2804-09
court:	NJ Superior Court Appellate Division
decided:	2011-06-07
status:	unpublished
citation:
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218 JOEL H. MOSKOW v. K. HOVNANIAN AT JACKSON, LLC -- rank: 611

... close title by the end of October 2006, use defendant's affiliates, K. Hovnanian American Mortgage, LLC (Hovnanian Mortgage) and Eastern ... that he and his wife obtained the mortgage through defendant's affiliate "since [defendant] wanted us to close prior to the ... us with the financing credit. We did this for [defendant's] benefit to close on our new home before its year ... waiting in the lobby, hallways and conference rooms at [defendant's] closing agent, Eastern Title, to close on various [defendant] properties ... documents provided by [defendant] at the closing. According to Joel's certification, Jackson Township performed a property tax reevaluation in 2008 ... property owners seeking damages from defendant. They alleged that defendant's "inclusion of the credits in the Deed consideration amount ...

docket:	a6114-10
court:	NJ Superior Court Appellate Division
decided:	2012-08-03
status:	unpublished
citation:
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219 VALERIE SEGAR v. CONSOLIDATED RAIL CORPORATION -- rank: 611

... staff diagnosed a thrombosis (i.e., blood clotting) in plaintiff's right foot. Plaintiff was overweight, a diabetic, and a smoker ... He is not a toxicologist. Dr. Levin opines that plaintiff's exposure to the dispersed vinyl chloride caused her to develop ... and how it impairs capillary microcirculation. Defendant counters Dr. Levin's opinions on medical causation with its own expert, Michael I ... degree from Temple Medical School. He also has a master's degree in public health and occupational medicine from the University of Wisconsin, as well as a master's degree in forensic toxicology from the University of Florida. He ... articles. He is not an endocrinologist. Dr. Greenberg contends plaintiff's leg clotting was solely the result of her longstanding ...

docket:	a1420-21
court:	NJ Superior Court Appellate Division
decided:	2023-10-13
status:	Unpublished
citation:
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220 STATE OF NEW JERSEY v. JEFFREY P. THOMAS, -- rank: 611

... Deputy Public Defender, of counsel and on the brief). Gurbir S. Grewal, Attorney General, attorney for respondent (Sarah E. Ross, Deputy ... to second-degree unlawful possession of a weapon, N.J.S.A. 2C:39-5(b). For that crime, a judge ... with second-degree unlawful possession of a weapon, N.J.S.A. 2C:39-5(b), third-degree possession of a controlled dangerous substance, N.J.S.A. 2C:35-10(a)(1), fourth-degree obstructing administration of law, N.J.S.A. 2C:29-1(b), third- degree escape, N.J.S.A. 2C:29-5(a), and third-degree resisting ...

docket:	a3627-16
court:	New Jersey Superior Court Appellate Division
decided:	2018-07-24
status:
citation:
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221 STATE OF NEW JERSEY V. RAVEL STOKES -- rank: 608

... for plaintiff (Angelo J. Onofri, Mercer County Prosecutor, attorney). John S. Furlong, for defendant (Furlong & Krasny, attorney). LYTLE, J.S.C. I. Yuell Moore was shot and killed in broad ... motion raises an issue of first impression because the detective’s opinion is based on a technique known as reverse projection ... Cir. 1923) with Daubert v. Merrell Dow Pharms., Inc., 509 U.S. 579 (1993). Stated otherwise, Olenowski represents a shift in this State’s criminal jurisprudence from the exclusive reliance on Frye’s ...

docket:	21-07-0507
court:	trial
decided:	2024-05-06
status:	Published
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222 STATE OF NEW JERSEY v. JAMES L. RANDALL -- rank: 601

... POINT II THE TRIAL COURT ERRED BY PERMITTING THE STATE'S EXPERT TO RENDER AN OPINION ON THE ULTIMATE ISSUE BEFORE THE JURY THEREBY PREJUDICING DEFENDANT'S RIGHT TO A FAIR TRIAL (NOT RAISED BELOW). POINT III ... THAT THE POLICE WERE PATROLLING THE AREA OF MR. RANDALL'S ARREST IN RESPONSE TO CITIZEN COMPLAINTS ABOUT DRUG ACTIVITY IN ... POINT VI THE TRIAL COURT ERRED IN DENYING THE DEFENSE'S MOTION FOR ACQUITTAL. POINT VII THE TRIAL COURT ERRED IN ... A FAIR TRIAL (NOT RAISED BELOW). POINT IX MR. RANDALL'S SENTENCE MUST BE VACATED AND REMANDED FOR RESENTENCING (NOT RAISED ... Patrolman Wayne Comegno and Detective Bill Hunt, patrolled the city's adjacent New Yorkshire neighborhood. From their unmarked van, Sergeant ...

docket:	a5237-09
court:	NJ Superior Court Appellate Division
decided:	2011-10-06
status:	unpublished
citation:
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223 STATE OF NEW JERSEY v. DAVID L. GASKINS -- rank: 601

... convictions for second-degree conspiracy to distribute cocaine, N.J.S.A. 2C:5-2 and 2C:35-5(a)(1 ... distribute cocaine within 1000 feet of a school, N.J.S.A. 2C:5-2 and 2C:35-7; second-degree ... cocaine within 500 feet of a public building, N.J.S.A. 2C:5-2 and 2C:35-7.1; second ... degree possession of cocaine with intent to distribute, N.J.S.A. 2C:35-5(a)(1) and (b)(2); third ... to distribute within 1000 feet of school property, N.J.S.A. 2C:35-5(a) and 2C:35-7; and ... distribute within 500 feet of a public building, N.J.S.A. 2C:35-5(a) and 2C:35-7. ...

docket:	a1157-13
court:	NJ Superior Court Appellate Division
decided:	2016-03-26
status:	unpublished
citation:
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224 NEW JERSEY DIVISION OF YOUTH AND FAMILY SERVICES v. V.M. and B.G. IN THE MATTER OF J.M.G -- rank: 601

... Defender, Law Guardian, attorney; Mr. Huling, on the brief). Lawrence S. Lustberg argued the cause for Amicus Curiae Experts in Maternal ... Services (DYFS). At a permanency hearing the judge approved DYFS's plan for termination of parental rights. We have carefully reviewed ... in finding abuse and neglect. We agree that the judge's findings as to V.M. were supported by the evidence ... we part company is his discussion of whether V.M.'s refusal to consent to a cesarean section (c-section) can ... argument that the judge need not have considered V.M.'s refusal on the merits of the issue of abuse or ... assert, as well, that the judge could consider V.M.'s refusal and her later claim that she did not ...

docket:	a4627-06
court:	superior court appellate division
decided:	2009-07-16
status:	published
citation:	408 N.J. Super. 222 974 A.2d 448
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225 Alejandra Padilla v. Young Il An -- rank: 601

... Published.) SYLLABUS This syllabus is not part of the Court’s opinion. It has been prepared by the Office of the ... vacant commercial lot in Camden. At the time of plaintiff’s fall, defendants Young Il An and Myo Soon An owned ... 87 N.J. 146 (1981). The trial court rejected plaintiff’s contention that summary judgment was improper because a Camden municipal ordinance required defendants to maintain the lot’s abutting sidewalk, explaining that municipal ordinances do not create a ... rule it adopts today, the Court reverses the Appellate Division’s judgment and remands the matter to the trial court for ... of their negligent failure to do so,” id. at 149, 157. The Court concluded that imposing this duty on ...

docket:	a_43_22
court:	supreme
decided:	2024-06-12
status:	Published
citation:
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