STATE v. RUCKI


842 A.2d 290 (2004)

367 N.J. Super. 200

STATE of New Jersey, Plaintiff-Respondent, v. Justin RUCKI, Defendant-Appellant.

Superior Court of New Jersey, Appellate Division.

Decided March 1, 2004.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Yvonne Smith Segars, Public Defender, attorney for appellant (Laura Lorenzo Milcsik, Designated Counsel, on the brief).

Peter C. Harvey, Attorney General, attorney for respondent (Jeanne Screen, Deputy Attorney General, of counsel and on the brief).

Before Judges SKILLMAN, COBURN and FISHER.


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

At defendant's robbery trial, the trial court ruled that defendant "opened the door" to admission of evidence of his alleged accomplice's guilty plea by testifying that neither he nor the accomplice robbed the alleged victims. We conclude that the guilty plea of the alleged accomplice, who did not testify at defendant's trial, was inadmissible hearsay, and that...

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