STATE v. MATULEWICZ


198 N.J. Super. 474 (1985)

487 A.2d 772

STATE OF NEW JERSEY, PLAINTIFF-RESPONDENT, v. STANLEY A. MATULEWICZ, DEFENDANT-APPELLANT.

Superior Court of New Jersey, Appellate Division.

Decided February 5, 1985.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Shamy & Luke, attorneys for appellant (George J. Shamy, Jr., of counsel; George J. Shamy, Jr. and Barbara Coles Bolella, on the brief).

Joseph A. Falcone, Passaic County Prosecutor, attorney for respondent (John C. Berndt, Assistant Prosecutor, of counsel and on the brief).

Before Judges KING, DEIGHAN and BILDER.


The opinion of the court was delivered by KING, P.J.A.D.

In this case we must decide if a State Police chemist's laboratory report identifying a controlled dangerous substance (marijuana) may be admitted into evidence as a report of a public official where the chemist who analyzed the substance was not produced as a witness. The Municipal Court judge decided that the report was admissible as a public record in a prosecution for possession of marijuana, as a disorderly...

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