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STATE v. VALENTINE

785 A.2d 940 (2001)

345 N.J. Super. 490

STATE of New Jersey, Plaintiff-Respondent, v. Maurice VALENTINE, Defendant-Appellant.

Superior Court of New Jersey, Appellate Division.

Decided December 13, 2001.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Peter A. Garcia, Acting Public Defender, attorney for appellant (Sylvia Orenstein, Assistant Deputy Public Defender, of counsel and on the brief).

Donald C. Campolo, Acting Essex County Prosecutor, attorney for respondent (Kenneth P. Ply, Special Deputy Attorney General, of counsel and on the brief).

Before Judges A.A. RODRÍGUEZ, LEFELT and LISA.

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

In this appeal we hold that State v. Cromedy, 158 N.J. 112, 727 A.2d 457 (1999), which requires a special cross-racial identification jury instruction in appropriate cases, does not require the giving of a "cross-ethnic" identification jury instruction.

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Following a jury trial, defendant, Maurice Valentine, was...

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