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NJ Supreme Court Clarifies When Courts Must Give Lesser-included Offense Instruction
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NJ Supreme Court Clarifies When Courts Must Give Lesser-included Offense Instruction

On By Donald Scarinci

In State v. Timothy J. Canfield (A-53-21/086644) (Decided January 11, 2023), the Supreme Court of New Jersey held that the trial court did not err in failing to instruct the jury to consider a lesser charge of passion/provocation manslaughter. However, it declined to adopt a procedural rule proposed by the

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NJ Supreme Court Hears Oral Arguments on Whether NJIT Officer Entitled to Arbitration
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NJ Supreme Court Hears Oral Arguments on Whether NJIT Officer Entitled to Arbitration

On By Donald Scarinci

On September 28, 2022, the Supreme Court of New Jersey held oral arguments in In the Matter of Officer Gregory DiGuglielmo and New Jersey Institute of Technology. The case involves whether a campus police officer who was terminated by the New Jersey Institute of Technology because of alleged non-criminal misconduct

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