STATE v. VALENTIN


208 N.J. Super. 536 (1986)

506 A.2d 748

STATE OF NEW JERSEY, PLAINTIFF-APPELLANT, v. DENNY VALENTIN, DEFENDANT-RESPONDENT.

Superior Court of New Jersey, Appellate Division.

Decided March 3, 1986.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Roger F. Mahon, Hunterdon County Prosecutor, attorney for appellant (Scott A. Smith, Assistant Prosecutor, of counsel and on the letter brief).

Thomas S. Smith, Jr., Acting Public Defender, attorney for respondent (Morton L. Anekstein, Assistant Deputy Public Defender, of counsel and on the letter brief).

Before Judges MUIR, ANTELL and SHEBELL.


The opinion of the court was delivered by MUIR, J.S.C. (temporarily assigned).

The issue on this appeal is whether a person can be criminally culpable under N.J.S.A. 2C:29-3b(4) of hindering his own apprehension by providing false information to a law enforcement officer in response to police questioning.

N.J.S.A. 2C:29-3b, provides:

A person commits an offense if, with purpose to hinder his own apprehension, prosecution, conviction...

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