· 9/16/2014
State v. Bruno Gibson (072257)
Citations
- 219 N.J. 227
- 98 A.3d 519
- 2014 N.J. LEXIS 898
How courts have described this case
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- holding that the better practice is to conduct two separate proceedings unless both sides consent and defense counsel is given wide latitude in cross-examining the State's witnesses
- concluding that the defendant could not invoke his Sixth Amendment right to challenge the admission of hearsay during a suppression hearing because the right was \inapplicable\ to the proceeding
- discussing the practice of conducting a trial on evidence presented in a pre- trial suppression hearing
- reversing the defendant's conviction where he never consented to conducting the suppression motion during trial and defense counsel was never given the opportunity to cross-examine the State's witness
- allowing that procedure in a drunk-driving prosecution
- \A single error or a combination of errors in a pre-trial proceeding or a trial or both may require an appellate court to reverse the conviction and to remand for a new trial.\
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