· 7/1/2008
State v. Taffaro
Citations
- 950 A.2d 860
- 195 N.J. 442
- 2008 N.J. LEXIS 798
How courts have described this case
Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.
- holding that the State may impeach a defendant with his pre-arrest silence if it \'significantly' preceded the arrest\ outside \a custodial or interrogation setting\ and \a jury could infer that a reasonable person in the defendant's position would have come forward and spoken\
- recognizing \a trial judge must take special care to craft questions in such a manner to avoid being perceived as an advocate for any side of a dispute\
- a criminal jury trial case
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Judges: Rabner, Long, Lavecchia, Albin, Wallace, Rivera-Soto
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