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16 Frank Schneider, Jr. v. State Investigator Donald Simonini -- rank: 940

... J., writing for the Court on the issue of Simonini's qualified immunity . The events that led to the mistaken arrest ... by Schneider and his wife for the violation of Schneider's constitutional rights occurred in 1989. The New Jersey Division of ... His supervisor was Robert Buccino, the head of the DCJ's Organized Crime Bureau. In April 1989, Simonini was told by ... be endangered and the investigation jeopardized. Shortly thereafter, the DCJ's investigation ended. After reviewing the evidence he had against Schneider ... the lawsuit Schneider and his wife filed pursuant to 42 U.S.C.A. §1983 (Section 1983) against Simonini, Buccino, Post ...

docket:	a-84-98
court:	njsupreme
decided:	2000-03-06
status:
citation:	163 N.J. 336
Document Size:	138388

17 Frank Schneider, Jr. v. State Investigator Donald Simonini -- rank: 940

... J., writing for the Court on the issue of Simonini's qualified immunity . The events that led to the mistaken arrest ... by Schneider and his wife for the violation of Schneider's constitutional rights occurred in 1989. The New Jersey Division of ... His supervisor was Robert Buccino, the head of the DCJ's Organized Crime Bureau. In April 1989, Simonini was told by ... be endangered and the investigation jeopardized. Shortly thereafter, the DCJ's investigation ended. After reviewing the evidence he had against Schneider ... the lawsuit Schneider and his wife filed pursuant to 42 U.S.C.A. §1983 (Section 1983) against Simonini, Buccino, Post ...

docket:	a-84-98
court:	njsupreme
decided:	2000-03-06
status:
citation:	163 N.J. 336
Document Size:	138347

18 RENDINE V. PANTZER -- rank: 937

... damages, prejudgment interest, counsel fees and costs.     Under the LAD's fee-shifting provision, the losing party must pay reasonable attorney's fees to the attorney for the prevailing party. In February ... percent of plaintiffs' recovery; or 2) the amount of attorney's fees awarded by court pursuant to the fee-shifting provision ... provided estimates of the hours required to litigate a plaintiff's employment-discrimination case. Those estimates either exceeded or approximated the ... hours expended by plaintiffs' counsel.     The trial court found counsel's lodestar fee reasonable. In addition, the trial court determined that ... entitlement to enhancement of the lodestar fee, based on Lorestani's affidavit concerning plaintiffs' difficulty in finding counsel, the affidavits ...

docket:	a-105-94
court:	njsupreme
decided:	1995-07-24
status:
citation:	141 N.J. 292
Document Size:	159698

19 SOJOURNER A., on her own behalf and as guardian <u -- rank: 930

... for appellants (Gibbons, Del Deo, Dolan, Griffinger & Vecchione, attorneys; Lawrence S. Lustberg and Risa E. Kaufman, on the brief; John E ... and Education Fund, on the brief; and Lenora Lapidus, Women's Rights Project, American Civil Liberties Union, on the brief).         Dennis ... Plaintiffs Sojourner A. and Angela B. appeal the trial court's summary judgment order in favor of the New Jersey Department ... against the State, claiming the family cap violates poor women's rights to privacy and denies them and their children equal ... all children improperly denied benefits by application of N.J.S.A. 44:10-61 and N.J.A.C. 10:90- ...

docket:	A2787-00
court:	NJ Superior Court Appellate Division
decided:	2002-04-05
status:	published
citation:	350 N.J. Super. 152 794 A.2d 822
Document Size:	57797

20 State of New Jersey v. Robert R. Simon -- rank: 921

... writing for a majority of the Court.     This is Simon's direct appeal from his conviction for capital murder and his ... in the vehicle with a bullet hole through them. Simon's Social Security Card and Staples' driver's license were found underneath Sergeant Gonzalez's leg with a bullet hole through them. An expert testified ... will. Simon indicated that he had seen the Warlock member's gesture in court, and had spoken to someone later that ... plead guilty in order to help Staples.     Based on Simon's statements, the trial court decided to proceed with the ...

docket:	a-149-97
court:	njsupreme
decided:	1999-08-11
status:
citation:	161 N.J. 416
Document Size:	211768

21 STATE OF NEW JERSEY v. JAMES FAIR -- rank: 921

... which was supervised by members of the Monmouth County Prosecutor's Office (MCPO) and dubbed 'Operation Dead End,' targeted an alleged ... counts based on conversations intercepted on the wiretap of Fair's cell phone as well as other evidence uncovered during the ... for purposes of trial. As a result of the State's motion for joinder, on March 30, 2017, the trial judge ... evidence, under N.J.R.E. 404(b), of Fair's, Walker's, and Leonard's gang membership. After three days of jury selection, a ...

docket:	a2754-17
court:	NJ Superior Court Appellate Division
decided:	2022-04-19
status:	Unpublished
citation:
Document Size:	453437

22 State v. Rasheed Mahammad -- rank: 915

... impact statute violate the Federal Constitution by burdening a defendant's right to introduce catch-all mitigating evidence. (pp. 9-16 ... of victim impact evidence than the Federal Constitution. The Victim's Rights Amendment of the New Jersey Constitution specifically recognizes the ... the United States Constitution. The electorate, by passing the Victim's Rights Amendment, and the Legislature, by enacting the victim impact ... statements are clearly impermissible, such as testimony by a victim's family members characterizing and expressing opinions about the defendant, the ... Rule 8) hearing to determine admissibility; reduction of the witness's testimony to writing; and instructions to proposed witnesses and prosecutors ... from rendering a death penalty verdict based on the defendant's character and the circumstances of the crime; the victim ...

docket:	a-138-95
court:	njsupreme
decided:	1996-06-28
status:
citation:	145 N.J. 23
Document Size:	180700

23 BRYHEIM JAMAR BASKIN v. RAFAEL MARTINEZ -- rank: 896

... of Camden (Camden), violated his federal constitutional rights under 42 U.S.C. § 1983. Specifically, plaintiff claims Martinez used excessive force ... claiming the doctrine of qualified immunity protected him from plaintiff's allegations he employed excessive use of force. On July 22 ... shall refer to Martinez only. We start by recounting plaintiff's version of what transpired. Although we must view the facts ... c), because it bears upon our disposition, we provide defendant's version as well. With some exceptions specifically identified below, we glean plaintiff's account from his deposition testimony. Plaintiff testified that in ...

docket:	a5553-15
court:	NJ Superior Court Appellate Division
decided:	2018-09-14
status:	Unpublished
citation:
Document Size:	58928

24 STATE OF NEW JERSEY v. CHRISTOPHER HARRIS, -- rank: 896

... consenting to A-2256-19 4 enumerated in N.J.S.A. 2C:35-14(a). A Track Two candidate, in ... special probation. R ather, the criteria enumerated in N.J.S.A. 2C:35-14(a) may be considered as relevant factors bearing on a Track Two defendant's suitability for participation in Drug Court. Id. at 574–79 ... to the presumption of imprisonment set forth in N.J.S.A. 2C:44-1(d) or previously was sentenced to state prison. Defendants ... present conviction for which he (continued) admission. See N.J.S.A. 2C:35-14.2(b). We note that ...

docket:	a2256-19
court:	NJ Superior Court Appellate Division
decided:	2021-02-18
status:	Published
citation:
Document Size:	157525

25 State v. Buddy Randolph -- rank: 893

... can also be found at 210 N.J. 330 or 44 A.3d 1113. SYLLABUS (This syllabus is not part of ... from separate handgun-related incidents. In exchange for the State’s dismissal of the remaining counts, defendant pled guilty to two ... reoffend and need to deter defendant and others, N.J.S.A. 2C:44-1(a)(3) & (9)); and that those factors supported imposing ... efforts at resentencing. 1. In Pepper v. United States , 131 S. Ct. 1229 (2011), the United States Supreme Court determined that ... emphasized that “the fullest information possible” about a defendant’s characteristics is “highly relevant—if not essential—to” ...

docket:	A-87-10
court:	NJ Supreme Court
decided:	2012-06-18
status:
citation:	210 N.J. 330 44 A.3d 1113
Document Size:	170279

26 Philip A. Besler, et al. v. Board of Education of West Windsor-Plainsboro Regional School District, et al. -- rank: 889

... Court with two primary issues. First, whether plaintiff Philip Besler's right to free speech under the First Amendment was violated ... School District (Board). Second, whether the evidence supported the jury's award of $100,000 for plaintiff's pain-and-suffering. In the spring of 1996 Philip Besler ... public comment period began with a statement by the Board's President, Dr. Lester Bynum. Dr. Bynum stated that the public ... the Board, the girls high school basketball coach, the District's Superintendent, the high school Principal, and others. Only one of the twelve counts dealt with Mr. Besler's federal civil rights claim pursuant to 42 U.S. ...

docket:	a-81-08
court:	supreme
decided:	2010-05-17
status:
citation:	201 N.J. 544 993 A.2d 805
Document Size:	263597

27 State v. Ambrose A. Harris -- rank: 880

... our civilization.'" Id. at 146 (quoting Bridges v. California , 314 U.S. 252 , 260, 62 S. Ct. 190 , 192, 86 L. Ed. 192 , 201 (1941)).          In ... the conduct of the trial. In Sheppard v. Maxwell , 384 U.S. 333 , 86 S. Ct. 1507 , 16 L. Ed.2d 600 (1966), the ...

docket:	a-17-97
court:	njsupreme
decided:	1998-07-30
status:
citation:	156 N.J. 122
Document Size:	286640

28 State v. Daron Josephs -- rank: 877

... This case can also be found at 174 N.J. 44, 803 A.2d 1074. SYLLABUS (This syllabus is not part ... apartment together in December of 1994. Emil testified at defendant's trial. According to Emil, he learned from a friend and ... and Junior were selling marijuana from another source at Emil's sales location and pocketing the money for themselves. Emil confronted ... but McLean disarmed him. Emil went to defendant and Junior's bedroom and took their handguns - a nine millimeter and .45 ... defendant and Junior emerge from the front door of Emil's apartment. When Turan Josephs returned to the apartment later that ... the guilt- phase jury from being impermissibly influenced by defendant's prior murder conviction, separate juries were empaneled for the ...

docket:	a-113-99
court:	njsupreme
decided:	2002-07-15
status:
citation:	174 N.J. 44
Document Size:	215536

29 Robert Nicastro v. McIntyre Machinery America, Ltd. -- rank: 877

... 640 Shear, a recycling machine used to cut metal. Nicastro's right hand accidentally got caught in the machine's blades, severing four of his fingers. The Model 640 Shear ... have prevented the accident. The trial court granted J. McIntyre's motion to dismiss the action, finding that the English manufacturer ... sufficient minimum contacts with New Jersey to justify the State's exercise of personal jurisdiction. Alternatively, the court held that New ... 102 N.J. 460 (1986) or in Justice O'Connor's plurality opinion in Asahi Metal Industry Co. v. Superior Court of California , 480 U.S. 102 (1987). During that discovery period, it was ...

docket:	a-29-08
court:	supreme
decided:	2010-02-02
status:
citation:	201 N.J. 48 987 A.2d 575
Document Size:	239964

30 State v. Eugene Basil -- rank: 877

... of an out-of-court statement at trial violated defendant’s right of confrontation guaranteed by the Sixth Amendment to the ... unlawfully against a person or property of another, N.J.S.A. 2C:39-4(a), and third-degree knowingly possessing ... having first obtained a firearm purchaser identification card, N.J.S.A. 2C:39-5(c)(1). In a pre-trial ... about the report of the shotgun. Following the young woman’s statement and the discovery of the shotgun, defendant was placed ... question he was involved in activities related to his grandmother’s funeral and on that evening he had brought food to ... to him by Officer Ruocco. The court found Officer Ruocco’s credibility to be “excellent,” and concluded that ...

docket:	a-34-09
court:	NJ Supreme Court
decided:	2010-07-20
status:
citation:	202 N.J. 570 998 A.2d 472
Document Size:	236569