· 6/27/2016
John Richardson v. Trenton Special School District
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- holding that \[t]his open file approach is intended to ensure fair and just trials\
- explaining that inconsistent statements made by a confidential informant in another trial were not admissible under N.J.R.E. 608 to impeach the informant's credibility in current trial
- explaining specific instances of conduct that are relevant only as tending to prove a character trait are inadmissible to affect a witness's A-0604-18T2 22 credibility
- first quoting State in Int. of A.B., 219 N.J. 542, 554 (2014); and then quoting Pomerantz, 207 N.J. at 371
- “However expansive our discovery rule and jurisprudence may be, they do not sanction rummaging through irrelevant evidence.”
- “However expansive our discovery rule and jurisprudence may be, they do not sanction rummaging through irrelevant evidence.”
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Judges: Judge Kenny Armstrong
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