Cratty v. City of Wyandotte

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• finding that mother of murder victim had standing under the New Jersey Constitution to file a motion to compel the defendant’s presence at the defendant’s sentencing
• addressing “a series of changes in the law [that] has steadily strengthened the rights of victims to participate in criminal proceedings,” which included the VRA
• reviewing protections for crime victims under the Victim's Rights Amendment, N.J. Const. art. I, ¶ 22, and the Crime Victim's Bill of Rights, N.J.S.A. 52:4B-34 to -38
• noting our trial judges’ ability to control their courtrooms and “maintain proper decorum”
• addressing the defendant's request to waive his appearance during sentencing

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).