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· 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

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

  • 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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