State v. Blacknall

Full title: STATE OF NEW JERSEY, PLAINTIFF-APPELLANT, v. MICHAEL BLACKNALL…

Court: Supreme Court of New Jersey

Date published: Feb 28, 1996

143 N.J. 419 (N.J. 1996)

672 A.2d 1132

Opinion

Argued February 13, 1996 —

Decided February 28, 1996.

Deborah C. Bartolomey, Deputy Attorney General, argued the cause for appellant ( Deborah T. Poritz, Attorney General of New Jersey, attorney).

Herbert F. Lawrence, argued the cause for respondent ( Lawrence, Leslie Kain, attorneys; Laura G. Degnan and Wesley M. Kain, of counsel and on the brief).

Theresa Yvette Kyles, Assistant Deputy Public Defender, argued the cause for amicus curiae, Public Defender ( Susan L. Reisner, Public Defender, attorney).

PER CURIAM.

The judgment is affirmed, substantially for the reasons expressed in Judge Wallace's opinion of the Appellate Division, reported at 288 N.J. Super. 466, 672 A.2d 1170 (1995).

For affirmance — Chief Justice WILENTZ and Justices HANDLER, POLLOCK, O'HERN, GARIBALDI, STEIN and COLEMAN — 7.

Opposed — None.