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STATE v. LONG

801 A.2d 221 (2002)

173 N.J. 138

STATE of New Jersey, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Carole LONG, Defendant-Respondent.

Supreme Court of New Jersey.

Decided July 15, 2002.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard E. Incremona, Assistant Prosecutor, argued the cause for appellant (John A. Kaye, Monmouth County Prosecutor, attorney; Mary R. Juliano, Assistant Prosecutor, of counsel and on the brief).

Kelly S. Anderson, Assistant Deputy Public Defender, argued the cause for respondent (Peter A. Garcia, Acting Public Defender, attorney).

Lisa Sarnoff Gochman, Deputy Attorney General, argued the cause for amicus curiae, Attorney General of New Jersey (Peter C. Harvey, Acting Attorney General, attorney).

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

The critical issue in this appeal is whether extra-judicial declarations made by an accused prior to the commission of a murder are hearsay, and if so, whether they are admissible under any exception to the hearsay rule to prove defendant's motive for killing the victim where the declarations imply that defendant was involved in another death that the medical examiner has not classified as a homicide and for which...

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