Supreme Court of New Jersey· 8/1/1994

State v. Maldonado

Citations

645 A.2d 1165
137 N.J. 536
1994 N.J. LEXIS 641

How courts have described this case

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noting that a defendant is criminally liable for committing a strict liability crime regardless of whether the defendant intended to commit the crime or even knew that the crime might occur
rejecting vagueness challenge to drug death statute imposing liability if death results, subject to a statutory exception for remote or attenuated results
upholding, on other grounds, a jury charge stating that, “to find against [the defendant] on this element, the State must prove ‘he knew that it was cocaine and intended to distribute or dispense it to [another]’” (emphasis added)
“[T]he circumstances of the trial highlighted [the need to determine credibility] more than any charge could have.”
\[T]he circumstances of the trial highlighted [the need to determine credibility] more than any charge could have.\
“In determining the propriety of the charge, we must view the charge as a whole.”

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Judges: Per Curiam

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