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STATE v. MENDEZ

785 A.2d 945 (2001)

345 N.J. Super. 498

STATE of New Jersey, Plaintiff-Respondent, v. Timothy R. MENDEZ, Defendant-Appellant. State of New Jersey, Plaintiff-Respondent, v. Jose L. Mendez, Defendant-Appellant.

Superior Court of New Jersey, Appellate Division.

Decided December 17, 2001.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Peter A. Garcia, Acting Public Defender, for appellants (Jay L. Wilensky, Assistant Deputy Public Defender, of counsel and on the brief in No. A-3895-99T4; Bernadette DeCastro, Assistant Deputy Public Defender, of counsel and on the brief in No. A-4801-99T4).

John J. Farmer, Jr., Attorney General, for respondent (Johanna Barba, Deputy Attorney General, of counsel and on the brief in Nos. A-3895-99T4 and A-4801-99T4).

Before Judges SKILLMAN, WALLACE, Jr. and WELLS.

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

This appeal presents significant issues concerning the culpability requirement of the offense of eluding a law enforcement officer by motor vehicle and the kind of evidence required to support a conviction for tampering with physical evidence.

Defendants Jose and Timothy Mendez, who are brothers, were found guilty, after a joint trial before a jury, of various criminal offenses arising out of a police...

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