Opinion
03-27-2017
STATE of New Jersey, Plaintiff–Petitioner, v. Fulgencio GONZALEZ–MONASTERIO (a/k/a Fulgencio G. Monasterio, Daniel Cruz, Folenceo Gonzalez, Wilfredo Gonzalez, Fulgencio GonzalezMonasterio, David Mendez, Fulgencio Monasterio, Fulgencio Monestesio, Fulgenzia O. Gonsalez, and Folenco Gonzalez), Defendant–Respondent. State of New Jersey, Plaintiff–Petitioner, v. Bernardo Martinez (a/k/a Bernaldo Martinez, and Odilon Velasquez), Defendant–Respondent.
ORDER
This matter having been duly considered by the Court;
It is ORDERED that to provide guidance to the trial court on remand, the Appellate Division's decision is summarily modified as follows. The trial court did not err—as the Appellate Division concluded—in instructing the jury on principles of accomplice liability concerning the charge of hindering apprehension, N.J.S.A. 2C:29–3.
The Court having determined that certification was improvidently granted as to all other issues presented in this appeal;
It is ORDERED that the appeal is dismissed.