Supreme Court of New Jersey· 7/7/1999

State v. Purnell

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735 A.2d 513
161 N.J. 44
1999 N.J. LEXIS 832

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recognizing that “a structural error affects the legitimacy of the entire trial, rather than an isolated error that occurs during a certain part of the trial process and does not contaminate the trial as a whole”
noting that for retroactivity purposes, “the threshold inquiry [is] whether the rule at issue is a ‘new rule of law’” (alteration in original) (quoting State v. Afanador, 151 N.J. 41, 57 (1997))
declaring that the \applicable state and federal retroactivity standards differ.\
outlining state and federal tests for determining whether new constitutional rules are to be applied retroactively to collateral attack
holding courts should consider \the number of cases that would require dismissal or retrial in the event of retroactive application\ and strive to \avoid overwhelming courts with retrials and the difficulty of retrying cases in which the underlying events took place long in the past\
using a Teague analysis for determining the retroactivity of federal constitutional rights

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