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State v. Martini

Citations

  • 734 A.2d 257
  • 160 N.J. 248
  • 1999 N.J. LEXIS 844

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  • holding expert testimony may be admitted where the accuracy or trustworthiness of evidence is challenged
  • holding expert testimony may be admitted where the accuracy or trustworthiness of evidence is challenged
  • affirming a PCR court's decision to not allow expert testimony because it would not assist the trier of fact
  • explaining that courts do not question counsels’ reasonable professional judgments
  • rejecting ineffective assistance claim related to penalty phase of capital trial and observing that \the presentation of evidence of limited mitigating value would have opened the door to powerful countervailing testimony that could have swayed the jury against defendant\
  • rejecting ineffective assistance claim related to penalty phase of capital trial and observing that “the presentation of evidence of limited mitigating value would have opened the door to powerful countervailing testimony that could have swayed the jury against defendant”

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Judges: Poritz, Coleman, O'Hern, Handler

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