STATE v. HOPKINS


231 N.J. Super. 581 (1988)

555 A.2d 1193

STATE OF NEW JERSEY, PLAINTIFF, v. EZRA HOPKINS, DEFENDANT.

Superior Court of New Jersey, Law Division Hudson County.

Decided December 8, 1988.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas M. Madden for plaintiff (Paul M. DePascale, Prosecutor of Hudson County, attorney).

Faye R. Puddington for defendant.


ARIEL A. RODRIGUEZ, J.S.C.

The material issue presented to the court is whether a person charged with a disorderly persons drug offense is entitled to a postponement of trial, for the duration of a codefendant's period of suspended proceedings, when the codefendant's expected testimony will be exculpatory.

The procedural background is not contested. Defendant and Henry Elliott were charged with disorderly persons offenses stemming from an alleged sale of marihuana...

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