STATE v. HOFFMAN


149 N.J. 564 (1997)

695 A.2d 236

STATE OF NEW JERSEY, PLAINTIFF-APPELLANT, v. BRIAN P. HOFFMAN, DEFENDANT-RESPONDENT.

The Supreme Court of New Jersey.

Decided June 25, 1997.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James F. Smith, Assistant Prosecutor, argued the cause for appellant (Jeffrey S. Blitz, Atlantic County Prosecutor, attorney; Jack J. Lipari, Assistant Prosecutor, on the letter brief).

Christine M. Cote argued the cause for respondent (Cooper Perskie April Niedelman Wagenheim & Levenson, attorneys).


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

This is a domestic violence case that raises two significant issues: whether the act of mailing a torn-up support order on two occasions by one former spouse to the other constitutes a violation of the harassment statute, N.J.S.A. 2C:33-4(a); and whether the same mailings constitute violations of a final domestic violence restraining order. The trial court held...

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