Supreme Court of New Jersey· 1/31/2018

State v. Prall

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231 N.J. 567
177 A.3d 755

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holding that statements accusing the defendant of starting a fire, made after the declarant awoke engulfed in flames, could not be admitted as dying declarations because they were made without personal knowledge that the defendant started fire
explaining that the \opening the door\ doctrine of expanded relevancy allows a party \'to elicit otherwise inadmissible evidence when the opposing party has made unfair prejudicial use of related evidence.'\
explaining that \a curative instruction may sometimes be a sufficient remedy\
explaining that \a curative instruction may sometimes be a sufficient remedy\
explaining that \a curative instruction may sometimes be a sufficient remedy\
applying the Cofield analysis where defendant's testimony \open[ed] the door\ to otherwise inadmissible other crimes evidence

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Judges: Albin, Fernandez, Lavecchia, Patterson, Rabner, Solomon, Timpone, Vina

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