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The following statements of issues on appeal are prepared by the Office of the Clerk for the convenience of the reader. They have been neither reviewed nor approved by the Supreme Court. Please note that, in the interest of brevity, some issues may not have been summarized.
Beginning on July 16, 2010, each appeal summary posted on this website includes its "posted" date, which is necessary for calculating certain due dates for filing briefs and motions under revised Rule 1:13-9, "Amicus Curiae."
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A-10-18 State v. Randy K. Manning (080834) Were defendant’s cell phone records properly disclosed and admissible under the exigency exception?
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A-8/9-18 State v. Noel E. Ferguson and Anthony M. Potts; State v. Shameik Byrd (081423) Can defendants be prosecuted in New Jersey for the overdose death of the decedent under N.J.S.A. 2C:35-9(a) where the decedent purchased the CDS and died in New York?
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A-7-18 State v. William T. Liepe (080788) Did the consecutive sentences imposed on defendant as a result of his conviction for first-degree aggravated manslaughter and for second-degree aggravated assault, all arising from an automobile accident in which defendant was intoxicated, shock the judicial conscience and warrant resentencing?
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A-6-18 J.H. and A.R. v. R&M Tagliareni, LLC (081128) Did defendants, who owned and maintained a multi-family apartment building, owe a duty of care to the infant plaintiff, J.H., to protect him from the excessive heat of an uncovered radiator in one of the apartments?
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A-5-18 State v. Joey J. Fowler and Jamil L. Hearns (080880) Did the trial court’s failure to provide jury instructions on self-defense and lesser-included offenses require reversal of defendants’ convictions?
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A-3/4-18 Janell Goffe v. Foulke Management Corp.; Sasha Robinson and Tijuana Johnson v. Mall Chevrolet (081258) Were defendants entitled the dismissal of plaintiffs’ complaints based on the arbitration provisions of the sales contracts under the circumstances presented?
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A-2-18 State v. Terrel L. Hyman (080851) Did the officer’s affidavit establish probable cause to issue a search warrant for defendant’s home, where the affidavit did not include a reference to criminal activity conducted at or near defendant’s residence?
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Under the circumstances presented, was New Loan Co., Wm. S. Rich & Son, Inc. exempt from the statute prohibiting a check cashing business from locating within 2,500 feet of another, N.J.S.A. 17:15A-41(e), by operation of the statute’s “Grandfather Clause,” N.J.S.A. 17:15A-50(a)?
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A-80-17 State v. Rene M. Rodriguez (081046) Can a defendant who is convicted of fourth-degree operating a motor vehicle during the period of license suspension in violation of N.J.S.A. 2C:40-26, serve the 180-day minimum sentence intermittently, or must the 180 days be served without interruption?
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A-79-17 State v. Keith V. Cuff (080753) Was defendant entitled to a new trial because of the omission on the verdict sheet of the charge of second-degree kidnapping, and did the trial court abuse its discretion by imposing consecutive sentences?
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Among other issues, did claimant sustain its burden of showing that it was entitled to reimbursement under the New Jersey Spill Compensation and Control Act, N.J.S.A. 58:10-23.11 to -23.24?
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A-77-17 State v. Rasul McNeil-Thomas (080758) Among other issues, was defendant entitled to a new trial based on the prosecutor’s summation, which included the presentation of video surveillance footage and the prosecutor’s comments on that footage?
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Was defendant entitled to suppress his inculpatory statement under the circumstances presented, including the participation of a police officer serving, in part, as an interpreter of defendant’s interrogation?
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A-75-17 Beryl Zimmerman and Judy Comment v. Sussex County Educational Services Commission (080861) Did the defendant-employer violate the tenure rights of plaintiffs, part-time teachers, by substantially decreasing their work hours under the circumstances presented?
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A-74-17 Patricia Engrassia v. Erick Uzcategui (080709) Was plaintiff entitled to coverage under the dealer’s insurance policies for injuries sustained as a result of the defendant’s negligent operation of the dealer’s loaned vehicle?
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A-73-17 State v. Rafael Camey (080574) Was DNA evidence from defendant’s buccal swab admissible pursuant to the inevitable discovery doctrine?
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A-72-17 In the Matter of Corey Corbo, Union City Police Department (081005) Was there competent evidence adduced at the hearing to prove the police officer’s ingestion of cocaine and, if not, is the police department entitled to a remand to correct the evidentiary deficiencies?
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A-71-17 Frank Caraballo v. City of Jersey City Police Department (080467) Under the circumstances presented, can plaintiff maintain a claim of failure to accommodate under the Law Against Discrimination, N.J.S.A. 10:5-1 to -49, based on the denial of a benefit in a contemporaneous workers’ compensation matter?
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A-70-17 State v. Michael D. Miller (079342) Did the application of aggravating factor one amount to impermissible double-counting for the purpose of defendant’s sentence; and do defendant’s convictions for fourth-degree possession of child pornography and second-degree distribution of child pornography merge?
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A-69-17 Pamela O’Donnell v. New Jersey Turnpike Authority (080735) Was the failure of plaintiffs’ first attorney to serve a timely tort claim notice against defendant an extraordinary circumstance justifying plaintiffs’ late tort claim notice under N.J.S.A. 59:8-9?
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