Opinion
A-18/19 September Term 2019 083286
04-01-2020
STATE of New Jersey, Plaintiff-Respondent, v. Mark JACKSON, Defendant-Appellant. State of New Jersey, Plaintiff-Respondent, v. Jamie Monroe, Defendant-Appellant, and Kimberly Morgan Besser, Elizabeth Fusco-Bryant, Larry Embry, and Kelly Embry, Defendants.
Tamar Y. Lerer, Assistant Deputy Public Defender, argued the cause for appellants (Joseph E. Krakora, Public Defender, attorney; Tamar Y. Lerer, and Cody T. Mason, Assistant Deputy Public Defender, of counsel and on the briefs). David M. Liston, Assistant Prosecutor, argued the cause for respondent (Christopher L.C. Kuberiet, Acting Middlesex County Prosecutor, attorney; David M. Liston, on the briefs). Alexander Shalom argued the cause for amici curiae American Civil Liberties Union, American Civil Liberties Union of New Jersey, National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, and Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers of New Jersey (American Civil Liberties Union of New Jersey Foundation, Hyland Levin Shapiro, and Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers of New Jersey, attorneys; Alexander Shalom, Jeanne LoCicero, Daniella Gordon, and Sharon Bittner Kean, Madison, on the brief). Sarah C. Hunt, Deputy Attorney General, argued the cause for amicus curiae Attorney General of New Jersey (Gurbir S. Grewal, Attorney General, attorney; Sarah C. Hunt, Trenton, of counsel and on the brief).
Tamar Y. Lerer, Assistant Deputy Public Defender, argued the cause for appellants (Joseph E. Krakora, Public Defender, attorney; Tamar Y. Lerer, and Cody T. Mason, Assistant Deputy Public Defender, of counsel and on the briefs).
David M. Liston, Assistant Prosecutor, argued the cause for respondent (Christopher L.C. Kuberiet, Acting Middlesex County Prosecutor, attorney; David M. Liston, on the briefs).
Alexander Shalom argued the cause for amici curiae American Civil Liberties Union, American Civil Liberties Union of New Jersey, National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, and Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers of New Jersey (American Civil Liberties Union of New Jersey Foundation, Hyland Levin Shapiro, and Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers of New Jersey, attorneys; Alexander Shalom, Jeanne LoCicero, Daniella Gordon, and Sharon Bittner Kean, Madison, on the brief).
Sarah C. Hunt, Deputy Attorney General, argued the cause for amicus curiae Attorney General of New Jersey (Gurbir S. Grewal, Attorney General, attorney; Sarah C. Hunt, Trenton, of counsel and on the brief).
PER CURIAM
The judgment of the Superior Court, Appellate Division is affirmed substantially for the reasons expressed in Judge Alvarez's opinion, reported at 460 N.J. Super. 258, 214 A.3d 211 (App. Div. 2019).
CHIEF JUSTICE RABNER and JUSTICES LaVECCHIA, ALBIN, PATTERSON, FERNANDEZ-VINA, SOLOMON, and TIMPONE join in this opinion.