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121 State of New Jersey v. Carl Williams -- rank: 718

... may testify in a subsequent criminal proceeding regarding a participant's statements made during mediation. Carl Williams and his brother-in ... a face-to-face argument at the brother-in-law's house in Paterson, which quickly escalated into a physical fight ... machete from the trunk of his car and cut Bocoum's wrist.     Police had apprehended Williams in his apartment, where they ... on the sidewalk in front of the brother-in-law's house. Williams was arrested. After the arrest, Williams filed a ... of Williams. Questioned by the court outside of the jury's presence, the mediator indicated that the brother-in-law stated ... conviction and sentence. The Appellate Division upheld the trial court's exclusion of the mediator's testimony and otherwise affirmed ...

docket:	a-61-04
court:	njsupreme
decided:	2005-07-28
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citation:	184 N.J. 432
Document Size:	71551

122 STATE OF NEW JERSEY v. ISMAEL BINBOW -- rank: 718

... The Strickland Standard for Ineffective Assistance of Counsel B. Defendant's Trial Counsel Rendered Ineffective Assistance of Counsel: 1. Counsel Failed ... Trial. 5. Counsel Failed to Advise Defendant of the State's Plea Offer. 6. Counsel Failed to Properly Advise the Defendant of his Right to Testify at Trial. C. Defendant's Appellate Counsel Rendered Ineffective Assistance of Counsel. POINT II. THE ... PCR COURT ABUSED ITS DISCRETION BY FINDING THAT THE DEFENDANT'S CLAIM RELATING TO COUNSEL'S FAILURE TO DISMISS THE INDICTMENT IS BARRED BY R. 3 ... We affirm. The facts surrounding defendant and his co-defendant's trial and conviction on illicit narcotics charges are set ...

docket:	a2767-14
court:	NJ Superior Court Appellate Division
decided:	2017-01-13
status:	unpublished
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123 STATE OF NEW JERSEY V. CRAIG SZEMPLE -- rank: 718

... first admission was contained in a letter written to Szemple's wife that her father had inadvertently discovered and kept without his daughter's permission. The second admission was a confession of guilt Szemple ... penitent privilege protected the admissions. The court granted the State's motion to reopen its case to present the two admissions. The court denied Szemple's motion for a mistrial.     On appeal, the Appellate Division reversed the trial court's denial of Szemple's motion for mistrial and granted leave to appeal to ...

docket:	a-25-93
court:	njsupreme
decided:	1994-05-12
status:
citation:	135 N.J. 406
Document Size:	100253

124 State v. Anthony Miranda -- rank: 718

... Unpublished.) SYLLABUS This syllabus is not part of the Court’s opinion. It has been prepared by the Office of the ... Court. In this appeal, the Court reviews the Appellate Division’s decision affirming the trial court’s denial of defendant Anthony Miranda’s motion to suppress weapons found in a warrantless search. On ... no weapons. He and N.D. joined N.D.’s children and another adult female family member outside. Roxby’s bodycam recorded the family member saying that “[h] ...

docket:	a-67-21
court:	NJ Superior Court Appellate Division
decided:	2023-05-03
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125 STATE OF NEW JERSEY JEROME SHAW, JR. -- rank: 714

... guilty to third-degree conspiracy to commit burglary, N.J.S.A. 2C:5-2, N.J.S.A. 2C:18-2, and disorderly persons possession of burglary tools, N.J.S.A. 2C:5- 5(a). After a grand jury refused ... not materially different; and a grand jury witness disclosed defendant's admission that he had 'some prior criminal history.' Defendant also ... period of parole ineligibility than it promised. While the prosecutor's power to resubmit cases to a grand jury is not ... 2 A-2058-15T3 indictment. The evidence supporting the State's case was strong. There is no proof of prosecutorial ...

docket:	a2058-15
court:	New Jersey Superior Court Appellate Division
decided:	2018-07-23
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126 STATE OF NEW JERSEY v. ENOCH BRIMAGE -- rank: 714

... the relevant facts from the police reports, witness statements, defendant's statements, and the plea hearing. On August 4, 2003, an ... provided the police with a license plate for the person's car and, when shown a composite sketch from an April ... their municipalities. They set up surveillance at Lisa Bass-Brimage's home on August 11, 2003, and at various apartment complexes ... day. On August 12, 2003, the task force located defendant's car at his home and set up surveillance. By then ... between defendant and the police, resulting in abrasions on defendant's face and knee. Once in police custody, defendant was placed ... forty counts of third-degree burglary, contrary to N.J.S.A. 2C:5-1 and 2C:18-2; twenty- ...

docket:	a4371-07
court:	superior court appellate division
decided:	2010-01-08
status:	unpublished
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127 STATE OF NEW JERSEY v. MIKHAIL GOULDSON -- rank: 711

... a limiting instruction about the email. We affirm the court's denial of defendant's suppression motion, find the court erred in denying his motions ... email address and for a limiting instruction, and reverse defendant's convictions and remand for further proceedings. I. The criminal charges ... second-degree unlawful possession of an assault firearm, N.J.S.A. 2C:39-5(f) (counts one and two), 1 ... third-degree possession of a sawed-off shotgun, N.J.S.A. 2C:39-3(b) (counts three and four), and ... fourth-degree possession of large capacity ammunition magazines, N.J.S.A. 2C:39-3(j) (count five). Count four ...

docket:	a3666-14
court:	NJ Superior Court Appellate Division
decided:	2017-08-10
status:	unpublished
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128 /usr/local/share/www/libweb/collections/courts/appellate/a4010-17.opn.html -- rank: 711

... trial, defendant was convicted of first-degree murder, N.J.S.A. 2C:11-3(a)(1), (2), (count one); second-degree unlawful possession of a handgun, N.J.S.A. 2C:39-5(b) (count two); and second-degree ... possession of a handgun for an unlawful purpose, N.J.S.A. 2C:39-4(a) (count three). The convictions stemmed ... thereafter, shot the associate, and fled on foot. The State's proofs included accounts from two eyewitnesses who had known defendant ... security cameras in the area. The trial court denied defendant's pre-trial Miranda1 motion to exclude his statement to detectives ... but denied shooting him. The court also granted the State's in limine motion to 1 Miranda v. Arizona, 384 ...

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129 State v. Danny Mai -- rank: 711

... that the challenged police actions were lawful and denied defendant's motion to suppress. Defendant pleaded guilty to one weapons charge ... 364 days and other conditions. Defendant appealed the trial court's denial of his motion to suppress. The Appellate Division reversed ... the van was constitutional. The panel rejected the trial court's findings, reasoning that the totality of the circumstances did not ... out of the vehicle. The Supreme Court granted the State's petition for certification. 199 N.J. 516 (2009). HELD : The ... must be able to articulate specific reasons why the person's gestures or other circumstances caused the officer to expect more ... with a gun and the furtive acts of the van's occupants observed by the police, sufficed in the aggregate ...

docket:	a-98-08
court:	supreme
decided:	2010-05-06
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citation:	202 N.J. 12 993 A.2d 1216
Document Size:	86643

130 APPROVED FOR PUBLICATION APPELLATE DIVISION v. KASON D. HOCKETT January 27, 2016 -- rank: 708

... an eyewitness falsely testified on a collateral issue. The judge's ruling was based in part on his belief that the ... to create or procure the photographs. We find the judge's speculation about the defense's motives to be irrelevant to the admissibility of the photographs ... was tried on charges of first-degree murder, N.J.S.A. 2C:11-3, third-degree possession of a weapon for an unlawful purpose, N.J.S.A. 2C:39-4(d), and fourth-degree unlawful possession of a weapon (a knife), N.J.S.A. 2C:39-5(d), in connection with the ...

docket:	a2820-13
court:	NJ Superior Court Appellate Division
decided:	2016-01-27
status:	published
citation:	443 N.J.Super. 605 129 A.3d 1116
Document Size:	45278

131 STATE OF NEW JERSEY v. VANDANA RUPANI -- rank: 708

... PER CURIAM Defendant Vandana Rupani appeals from the Law Division's February 18, 2020 order entered after a de novo trial ... of the following charges: driving while intoxicated (DWI), N.J.S.A. 39:4-50; refusal to submit to chemical test (refusal), N.J.S.A. 39:4-50.2; reckless driving, N.J.S.A. 39:4-96; leaving the scene of an accident; N.J.S.A. 39:4-129(b), failure to report an accident, N.J.S.A. 39:4-130 and consumption of an alcoholic ...

docket:	a2881-19
court:	NJ Superior Court Appellate Division
decided:	2021-02-12
status:	Unpublished
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132 STATE OF NEW JERSEY v. CHRISTOPHER GONZALEZ -- rank: 708

... conspiracy to commit armed robbery, kidnapping, and burglary, N.J.S.A. 2C:5-2; (count two) first-degree armed robbery, N.J.S.A. 2C:15-1; (counts three and twelve) second-degree kidnapping, N.J.S.A. 2C:13-1b; (count four) fourth-degree criminal restraint, N.J.S.A. 2C:13-2; (count five) second-degree burglary while armed, N.J.S.A. 2C:18-2; (count six) third-degree theft, N.J.S.A. 2C:20-3; (count seven) fourth-degree unlawful ...

docket:	a1802-08
court:	NJ Superior Court Appellate Division
decided:	2012-07-17
status:	unpublished
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133 State v. S.S. -- rank: 708

... of any opinion may not have been summarized.) State v. S.S. (A-84-15) (077486) Argued February 27, 2017 -- Decided June ... the appropriate standard of appellate review of a trial court’s factual findings based solely on the court’s viewing of a video-recorded police interrogation, and did defendant ... statements he made to investigators in the Hudson County Prosecutor’s Office, claiming that investigators failed to honor his invocation of ... and Detective Hans interrogated defendant in the Hudson County Prosecutor’s Office. For approximately forty-seven minutes, Detective Hans conducted ...

docket:	A-84-15
court:	NJ Supreme Court
decided:	2017-06-21
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citation:	229 N.J. 360 162 A.3d 1058
Document Size:	95823

134 ALBERTO DELACRUZ et al. v. BOROUGH OF HILLSDALE, et al. -- rank: 708

... Law Division, Bergen County,         Docket Number L-011415-99.         Richard S. Lehrich argued the cause for         appellants/cross-respondents.         Christopher C ... of the New Jersey Tort Claims Act (TCA), N.J.S.A. 59:3-3 exempts false arrest/false imprisonment claims ... and individual police officers, alleging civil rights violations under 42 U.S.C.A. §1983 and state claims of false arrest/false ... the Law Division dismissed, as a matter of law, plaintiff's federal civil rights claims against the individual police officers and ... court also determined that the TCA threshold applied to plaintiff's claim of false arrest/false imprisonment. Because plaintiff did ...

docket:	A0239-02
court:	NJ Superior Court Appellate Division
decided:	2004-01-06
status:	published
citation:	365 N.J. Super. 127 838 A.2d 498
Document Size:	56404

135 MCCARTER ENGLISH, LLP v. MOERAE MATRIX, INC -- rank: 708

... notice of deposition defendant served upon an attorney with plaintiff's firm following the conclusion of discovery; and (2) denying defendant's motion to amend its pleadings to assert a counterclaim and ... judgment because defendant failed to present competent evidence rebutting plaintiff's prima facie showing its fees were fair and reasonable, and ... to demonstrate the court abused its discretion by denying defendant's motion to amend its answer to add a counterclaim. We therefore affirm the court's orders. 1 The parties' briefs mention that defendant moved for ... is unnecessary that we address the portion of the court's order denying defendant's request for leave to file ...

docket:	a3775-19
court:	NJ Superior Court Appellate Division
decided:	2021-07-27
status:	Unpublished
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