STATE OF NEW JERSEY, PLAINTIFF-APPELLANT,
v.
MARGARET KELLY MICHAELS, DEFENDANT-RESPONDENT.
The Supreme Court of New Jersey.https://leagle.com/images/logo.png
Argued January 31, 1994.
Decided June 23, 1994.
Attorney(s) appearing for the Case
John S. Redden, Deputy First Assistant Prosecutor, argued the cause for appellant (Clifford J. Minor, Essex County Prosecutor, attorney; Mr. Redden, Debra G. Lynch, and Elizabeth A. Duelly, Assistant Prosecutors, of counsel and on the brief).
Daniel R. Williams, a member of the New York bar, argued the cause for respondent (Alan L. Zegas, attorney; Robert Rosenthal and Daniel V. Finneran, a member of the New York bar, of counsel).
Catherine A. Foddai, Deputy Attorney General, argued the cause for amicus curiae Attorney General of New Jersey (Deborah T. Poritz, Attorney General of New Jersey, attorney).
Amy Gershenfeld-Donnella submitted a brief on behalf of amicus curiae Developmental, Social, and Psychological Researchers, Social Scientists and Scholars.
Simon Louis Rosenbach, Assistant Middlesex County Prosecutor, submitted a brief on behalf of amicus curiae County Prosecutors' Association of New Jersey (Jeffrey S. Blitz, President, Atlantic County Prosecutor, attorney).
The Supreme Court of New Jersey.
The opinion of the Court was delivered by HANDLER, J.
In this case a nursery school teacher was convicted of bizarre acts of sexual abuse against many of the children who had been entrusted to her care. She was sentenced to a long prison term with a substantial period of parole ineligibility. The Appellate Division reversed the conviction and remanded the case for retrial. 264 N.J.Super. 579
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