STATE v. CRANDALL


120 N.J. 649 (1990)

577 A.2d 483

STATE OF NEW JERSEY, PLAINTIFF-APPELLANT AND CROSS-RESPONDENT, v. RICHARD WILLIAM CRANDALL, JR., DEFENDANT-RESPONDENT AND CROSS-APPELLANT.

The Supreme Court of New Jersey.

Decided July 31, 1990.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Cherrie Madden Black, Deputy Attorney General, argued the cause for appellant and cross-respondent (Robert J. Del Tufo, Attorney General of New Jersey, attorney).

J. Michael Blake, Assistant Deputy Public Defender, argued the cause for respondent and cross-appellant (Wilfredo Caraballo, Public Defender of New Jersey, attorney).


The opinion of the Court was delivered by HANDLER, J.

Defendant, Richard Crandall, was convicted of aggravated sexual assault, sexual assault, and endangering the welfare of a child. At his trial, the child victim testified via closed-circuit television, a procedure authorized by a recently-enacted statute, N.J.S.A. 2A:84A-32.4. A stated purpose of the statute is to protect young victims of criminal abuse from the effects of testifying in open court in the...

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