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New Jersey Supreme Court Alters Decades-Long Approach To Insanity Defense In Criminal Cases
September 24, 2013 | by Matheu NunnOn September 9, 2013, the Supreme Court of New Jersey affirmed an Appellate Division decision in State v. Handy authored by the Hon. Jack M. Sabatino, J.A.D., which focused on a not-so-frequent scenario facing trial courts in criminal cases – the rare circumstance where a criminal defendant has both a substantive defense (like self-defense, for example) to a criminal prosecution and grounds to claim not guilty by reason of insanity.
Supreme Court: No Video-Recorded Statements In Jury Room
May 21, 2013 | by Matheu NunnOn May 16, 2013, the Supreme Court of New Jersey decided State v. A.R., a case that required the Court to determine whether the use of video-recorded statements of a victim or defendant by a jury – in the jury room during deliberations – necessitated a new trial.