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31 STATE OF NEW JERSEY v. JOELLE D. CARONNA -- rank: 800

... Collado (Mazraani & Liguouri, LLP, attorneys; Joseph M. Mazraani and Jeffrey S. Farmer, of counsel and on the brief). Sarah D. Brigham ... to an unconstitutional and flagrant violation of a search warrant's knock-and- announce requirement. A detective requested and obtained a ... then went to the front door of defendant Joelle Caronna's apartment to execute the search warrant. The police did not ... had previously observed defendants utilize the apartment and knew Caronna's driver's license matched the apartment building address. Without any exigency or ... stairs, entered her bedroom, and said, 'How you doing, what's going on?' 3 A-0580-20 Then for the ...

docket:	a0580-20
court:	NJ Superior Court Appellate Division
decided:	2021-11-03
status:	Published
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32 Moriarty v. Bradt -- rank: 797

... appeal, the Court examines the Grandparent Visitation Statute, N.J.S.A. 9:2-7.1, in light of a recent ... the United States Supreme Court that struck down another state's similar statute, and the Court determines whether the trial court ... for drug abuse and the children remained with Moriarty. Bradt's parents (the grandparents) intervened in the divorce action to secure ... the grandparents could serve as a conduit with the children's deceased mother and could be a positive resource for the ... grandparent visitation in light of the United States Supreme Court's ruling in Troxel v. Granville , 530 U.S. 57 , 120 S. Ct. 2054 , 147 L. Ed. ...

docket:	a-145-01
court:	njsupreme
decided:	2003-07-14
status:
citation:	177 N.J. 84
Document Size:	123877

33 State v. Richard Feaster -- rank: 794

... alleging numerous grounds for reversal. The PCR court rejected Feaster’s petition for relief, and he appealed as of right to ... this opinion – whether the prosecutor interfered with a defense witness’s decision to testify in the PCR proceeding and violated Feaster’s rights to due process and compulsory process rights. The witness is Michael Sadlowski, who had been one of Feaster’s closest friends at the time of the murder. There was ... direct physical evidence linking Feaster to the murder. The State’s case was based almost exclusively on the inculpatory statements made ... by friends and acquaintances of Feaster, including Sadlowski. At Feaster’s murder trial, Sadlowski testified, among other things, that on ...

docket:	a-63-03
court:	njsupreme
decided:	2005-07-14
status:
citation:	184 N.J. 235
Document Size:	164244

34 GERALDINE COLON v. CITY OF NEWARK -- rank: 794

... judgment following a jury verdict finding municipal liability on plaintiff's claim under 42 U.S.C.A § 1983 and awarding damages of $75,000 ... Carlos Colon by Newark Police Officer Bazyt Bergus during Colon's thirty-hour detention at the Green Street Detention Center. At ... verbal dispute ensued and Bergus responded by swearing, ordering Colon's cell door opened, entering the cell and assaulting Colon. Bergus ... release, Colon reported the incident to the Newark Police Department's (Department) Internal Affairs Bureau. On December 18, 1997, the ...

docket:	a3260-03
court:	njappellate
decided:	2006-05-04
status:	unpublished
citation:	*CITE_PENDING*
Document Size:	91354

35 DIVISION OF YOUTH AND FAMILY SERVICES v. M.Y.J.P. et al. -- rank: 790

... A.,         Defendants-Appellants. __________________________________ IN THE MATTER OF THE GUARDIANSHIP OF S.J.A. __________________________________     Argued: October 17, 2002 - Decided: May 27, 2003 ... R.A. are, respectively, the biological mother and father of S.J.A. They have appealed separately from a judgment terminating the parental rights of each and granting guardianship of S.J.A. to the Division of Youth and Family Services ... the Division). The appeals have been consolidated. The trial court's decisional rationale was expressed by Judge Council orally on February ... a detailed written opinion filed on that date.     The child's mother, M.Y.J.P., is a Haitian citizen residing ... court erred in admitting into evidence the testimony of DYFS's bonding expert. M.Y.J.P. and J.R. ...

docket:	a3402-01
court:	njappellate
decided:	2003-05-27
status:	published
citation:	360 N.J. Super. 426
Document Size:	100033

36 Rochelle Hodges, et. al. v. Feinstein, Raiss, Kelin & Booker, L.L.C. -- rank: 784

... Federal Debt Collection Practices Act (FDCPA or the Act), 15 U.S.C.A. §§ 1692 to 1692o.     Renita Hodges and Rochelle Hodges are sisters who reside in separate apartments in Newark’s Sotnas Garden Apartments operated by Sasil Corporation. Their rent is subsidized by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, commonly referred to as ... attorneys’ fees, and court costs under their leases. Consequently, Sasil’s attorneys, Feinistein, Raiss, Kelin & Booker, L.L.C. (Feinstein), ...

docket:	a-113-05
court:	njsupreme
decided:	2007-01-31
status:
citation:	189 N.J. 210
Document Size:	76317

37 Martin Weinberg v. Sprint Corporation -- rank: 784

... lawsuit against Sprint on behalf of residential users of Sprint’s long-distance telephone services, claiming that Sprint’s national television commercials induced residential customers to use its long ... or false advertising and promotional practices. According to Weinberg, Sprint’s advertisements were designed to misrepresent and conceal its practice of ... of dollars in excess billing. It is undisputed that Sprint’s advertisements do not explain its practice of “rounding-up” when stating the per-minute charge.     Sprint’s federally filed tariffs for its long-distance service during the ... per-minute” rates. The record does not demonstrate that Sprint’s practice was inconsistent with its filed tariff.     Weinberg’s ...

docket:	a-36-01
court:	njsupreme
decided:	2002-07-22
status:
citation:	173 N.J. 233
Document Size:	72858

38 State of New Jersey v. Bruno Gibson -- rank: 781

... This case can also be found at 219 N.J. 227 or 98 A.3d 519. SYLLABUS (This syllabus is not ... evidence adduced in a pre-trial suppression hearing, without defendant’s consent but without objection. Defendant appeared before the municipal court ... the fruits of the stop and subsequent arrest. Following Mueller’s testimony at the suppression hearing and review of video footage ... reasonable suspicion for the stop and probable cause for defendant’s arrest existed, and denied defendant’s motion to suppress. After the suppression hearing, the State inquired ... trial since the State would be relying strictly on Mueller’s physical observations. The court asked defense counsel whether there ...

docket:	A-11-13
court:	NJ Supreme Court
decided:	2014-09-16
status:
citation:	219 N.J. 227 98 A.3d 519
Document Size:	83237

39 Paul M. DePascale v. State of New Jersey -- rank: 781

... After the trial court and Appellate Division denied the State’s requests for a stay, plaintiff filed a motion for direct ... sitting justices and judges, diminishes judicial salaries during a jurist’s term of appointment in violation of Article VI, Section 6 ... confidence in the integrity of the judiciary , and Article VI's No-Diminution Clause promotes that goal in perception and reality ... fear of economic retaliation. (pp. 3-5) 3. New Jersey's No-Diminution Clause serves the same purposes as the No ... separation of powers and preserving an independent judiciary. New Jersey's 1844 Constitution included a clause that mirrored the federal No ... and import of the federal language adopted in New Jersey’s 1844 Constitution was well-understood by the people of ...

docket:	A-34-11
court:	NJ Supreme Court
decided:	2012-07-24
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citation:	211 N.J. 40 47 A.3d 690
Document Size:	196419

40 HORIZON HEALTH CENTER V. FELICISSIMO -- rank: 781

... trimester abortions. In August 1990, members of Helpers of God's Precious Infants (Helpers), an anti-abortion group, began holding prayer ... 9:30 that morning, at the height of the clinic's scheduled appointments, 120 to 140 demonstrators had arrived. The demonstration ... of the commotion in front of the clinic.     The Center's Executive Director filed a complaint that morning, seeking to enjoin ... directing any obscene, abusive, or loud language toward the Center's staff or patients. In support of the issuance of a ... determined that it could place reasonable restraints on the demonstrator's activities. Moreover, the trial court found that the noise of ... front of the Center. The court found that the government's interest in controlling traffic and promoting public safety justified ...

docket:	a-63-93
court:	njsupreme
decided:	1994-04-06
status:
citation:	135 N.J. 126
Document Size:	76117

41 ICU INVESTIGATIONS, INC v. SIMONIK MOVING & STORAGE, INC -- rank: 781

... Plaintiff ICU Investigations, Inc. (ICU) appeals from the trial court's ruling that its state law claims for consumer fraud, common ... calculated an estimated cost of $2,500 for moving ICU's business office contents from its old location in Marlton to ... 2006. On the scheduled move date, Simonik appeared at ICU's Marlton office, loaded the contents onto its truck and moved the items as contracted to ICU's West Berlin office. According to ICU, it tendered a $2 ... additional $800 payment and its employees threatened to hold ICU's property in storage until that payment was tendered. Following a ... dispute as to the propriety of the additional charges, ICU's equipment was ultimately unloaded. ICU thereafter stopped payment on ...

docket:	a0629-08
court:	NJ Superior Court Appellate Division
decided:	2009-08-14
status:	unpublished
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42 STATE OF NEW JERSEY V. LUCY MALDONADO -- rank: 778

... prosecuted for various offenses including a violation of N.J.S.A. 2C:35-9 is constitutional in all respects. In addition, a conviction under N.J.S.A. 2C:35-9. A defendant convicted of distribution or ... that the death was neither too remote from the defendant's actions nor too dependent on another's conduct to make the conviction unjust.      N.J.S.A. 2C:35-9 (section 9) reads as follows:          a ... analog thereof, in violation of subsection a. of N.J.S. 2C:35-5, is strictly liable for a death ...

docket:	a-25-92
court:	njsupreme
decided:	1994-08-01
status:
citation:	137 N.J. 536
Document Size:	105572

43 /usr/local/share/www/libweb/collections/courts/appellate/a0850-18.opn.html -- rank: 778

... 0850-18T3 STATE OF NEW JERSEY, Plaintiff-Respondent, v. TYWAUN S. HEDGESPETH, a/k/a TYWAUNE HEDGESPETH, TYWUAN HEDGESPETH, TYWAUN HEDGSPETH ... third-degree possession of a controlled dangerous substance, N.J.S.A. 2C:35-l0(a); and second-degree possession of a handgun without a permit, N.J.S.A. 2C:39-5(b). He subsequently pled guilty to ... second-degree certain persons not to have weapons, N.J.S.A. 2C:39-7(b)(1). The convictions stemmed from officers observing the butt of a handgun in defendant's waistband when he urinated in an alleyway, as a result ... to his arrest, the officers also found cocaine on defendant's person. Defendant's pre-trial motion to suppress the ...

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44 State of New Jersey v. Gene Hinton -- rank: 778

... mother. Until her death in March 2009, defendant Gene Hinton’s mother was the tenant in an apartment owned by the Newark Housing Authority. Although Hinton had his mother’s consent to reside in the apartment, he did not have ... apartment. The trial court denied the motion, holding that Pratt’s actions were not governmental in nature and the officers had probable cause to conduct a search based on Pratt’s reliable citizen informant tip. Although it did not address whether ... a reasonable expectation of privacy, it found that the State’s actions fell within the plain view exception to the warrant ... his statements to police were improperly admitted; (3) the court’s verdict was against the weight of the evidence; and ( ...

docket:	A-3-12
court:	NJ Supreme Court
decided:	2013-10-24
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45 STATE OF NEW JERSEY v. ANDREW HIGGINBOTHAM -- rank: 774

... to this case, the First and Fourteenth Amendments to the U.S. Constitution prohibit a State from passing any law that abridges free speech. U.S. Const. amends. I and XIV. This protection is not 'confined ... conventional or shared by a majority.' Stanley v. Georgia, 394 U.S. 557, 566 (1969) (quoting Kingsley Int'l Pictures Corp. ...

docket:	a2548-21
court:	NJ Superior Court Appellate Division
decided:	2023-03-24
status:	Published
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Document Size:	75181