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STATE v. CASTORAN

739 A.2d 97 (1999)

325 N.J. Super. 280

STATE of New Jersey, Plaintiff-Respondent, v. Florence CASTORAN, Defendant-Appellant.

Superior Court of New Jersey, Appellate Division.

Decided October 25, 1999.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ivelisse Torres, Public Defender, for defendant-appellant (Alan I. Smith, Designated Counsel, of counsel and on the brief).

John J. Farmer, Jr., Attorney General, for plaintiff-respondent (Lisa Sarnoff Gochman, Deputy Attorney General, of counsel and on the brief).

Defendant-appellant filed a pro se supplemental brief.

Before Judges KING, PAUL G. LEVY and CARCHMAN.

The opinion of the court was delivered by CARCHMAN, J.A.D.

This appeal requires us to consider whether a trial judge in a criminal case may preclude a defendant from wearing a tee shirt which contains a message that is testimonial in nature. We answer the question in the affirmative.

The issue arises in the following procedural and factual context. Following a jury trial, defendant Florence Castoran was convicted of third-degree aggravated assault upon a law...

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