In State v. Sims, the New Jersey Appellate Division granted the State’s motion to reconsider its published opinion from January 4, 2021. The Court also accepted a minor correction to the record, which did not change the result. Thus, readers can use the convenient, free legal research tool at wewritesoyouwin.com to read the summary and opinion from one month ago. The author of this summary litigated a motion based on the issue raised in Sims on the day it was initially issued. And then, the author of this summary was about to file a supplemental brief on the motion just before he received notice of the re-issued case. It seems every time the author of this summary has to deal with this issue, the Appellate Division knows and issues an opinion. Stop it, Appellate Division.
