STATE v. CHENIQUE-PUEY


145 N.J. 334 (1996)

678 A.2d 694

STATE OF NEW JERSEY, PLAINTIFF-APPELLANT, v. AURELIO CHENIQUE-PUEY, DEFENDANT-RESPONDENT.

The Supreme Court of New Jersey.

Decided July 17, 1996.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gary Schlyen, Chief Assistant Prosecutor, argued the cause for appellant (Ronald S. Fava, Passaic County Prosecutor, attorney).

Steven M. Gilson, Designated Counsel, argued the cause for respondent (Susan L. Reisner, Public Defender, attorney).

Lisa Sarnoff Gochman, Deputy Attorney General, argued the cause for amicus curiae, Attorney General of New Jersey (Deborah T. Poritz, Attorney General, attorney).


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

The issue is whether charges of making terroristic threats to kill, contrary to N.J.S.A. 2C:12-3b, may be tried jointly with charges of contempt of a domestic-violence restraining order, contrary to N.J.S.A. 2C:25-29b(1). Defendant, Aurelio Chenique-Puey, was convicted of both offenses in a consolidated jury trial in the Law Division. In an unpublished opinion, the Appellate Division reversed, ruling...

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