Supreme Court of New Jersey· 6/25/1997

State v. Hoffman

Citations

695 A.2d 236
149 N.J. 564
1997 N.J. LEXIS 183

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noting that courts may rely on extrinsic aids when legislative intent cannot be gleaned from statutory text
finding that anonymous calls and letters are invasive of the recipient's privacy and meet the definition of harassment under the pertinent statute
explaining that in determining whether a defendant's conduct constitutes harassment, a judge may use \[c]ommon sense and experience\ and \[t]he incidents under scrutiny must be examined in light of the totality of the circumstances\
explaining that because the three types of proscribed communications in subsection (a
recognizing defendant's \purpose to harass may be inferred from the evidence presented\
acknowledging Legislature's conscious decision to use the term \annoyance\ rather than \serious annoyance\ as evidence of intent

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Judges: Coleman

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