Category: New Jersey Supreme Court

State v. Nyema

The New Jersey Supreme Court ruled that a police officer did not have reasonable and articulable suspicion to conduct a car stop. The officer received a radio call about a

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State v. Terres

Criminal law litigators: Read this opinion. This appeal presented the New Jersey Supreme Court with an issue of first impression: “Whether the police have a right to conduct a protective

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State v. Radel

Criminal law litigators – read this opinion. This appeal presented the New Jersey Supreme Court with an issue of first impression: “Whether the police have a right to conduct a

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Lapsley v. Twp. of Sparta

The New Jersey Supreme Court reversed the Appellate Division and ruled that Lapsley’s injuries were compensable under the Workers’ Compensation Act. Lapsley worked as a librarian at the Sparta Public

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State v. Comer

The New Jersey Supreme Court’s holding in these consolidated cases will enact a seismic change in the sentencing of juveniles convicted of murder in the Garden State. Two juveniles were

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Meade v. Twp. of Livingston

The New Jersey Supreme Court considered whether an employee’s claim that her subordinate’s gender bias influenced her employer’s decision to terminate her, in violation of the Law Against Discrimination (LAD),

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State v. Gerena

In a per curium order, the New Jersey Supreme Court affirmed the Appellate Division’s opinion. The Appellate Division held that it is within the purview of a lay witness to

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State v. Rivera

In this appeal, the New Jersey Supreme Court considered whether a defendant’s youth could serve as an aggravating factor in sentencing. The defendant pled guilty to aggravated manslaughter and conspiracy

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State v. Lodzinki

The New Jersey Supreme Court vacated the defendant’s twenty-five-year-old murder conviction. A jury convicted the defendant of murdering a young boy. The Appellate Division affirmed. In a three-three split, the

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State v. Hedgespeth

The New Jersey Supreme Court reversed the Law Division’s opinion, which had affirmed the defendant’s convictions for controlled dangerous substance and firearm offenses. The Supreme Court held that a violation

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