Acosta v. Bristol Excavating, Inc.

How courts have described this case

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• noting that, in general, an amicus cannot expand the issues on appeal
• explaining a \'plea will not be vacated if knowledge of the consequences would not have made any difference in the defendant's decision to plead'\ (quoting State v. Howard, 110 N.J. 113, 123 (1988))
• addressing the reading of an outdated Standard Statement with incorrect penalties
• “[A]s a general rule, an amicus curiae must accept the case before the court as presented by the parties and cannot raise issues not raised by the parties.”
• “[A]s a general rule, an amicus curiae must accept the case before the court as presented by the parties and cannot raise issues not raised by the parties.” (alteration in original) (quoting State v. Lazo, 209 N.J. 9, 25 (2012))

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).