STATE v. SWEET

No. A-1/38 September Term 2007

949 A.2d 809 (2008)

195 N.J. 357

STATE of New Jersey, Plaintiff-Respondent, v. William G. SWEET, Defendant-Appellant. State of New Jersey, Plaintiff-Respondent, v. James D. Dorman, Defendant-Appellant.

Supreme Court of New Jersey.

Decided June 23, 2008.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joseph P. Rem, Jr., Hackensack, argued the cause for appellant in State v. Sweet (Rem Zeller, attorneys; James B. Seplowitz, of counsel and on the brief).

Annmarie Cozzi, Assistant Prosecutor, argued the cause for respondent in State v. Sweet (John L. Molinelli, Bergen County Prosecutor, attorney).

David A. Stefankiewicz, North Wildwood, argued the cause for appellant in State v. Dorman (Stefankiewicz & Barnes, attorneys).

Michael J. Williams, Deputy Attorney General, argued the cause for respondent in State v. Dorman (Anne Milgram, Attorney General of New Jersey, attorney).

Leslie A. Stolbof Sinemus, South Orange, argued the cause for amicus curiae Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers-New Jersey in State v. Sweet (Ms. Sinemus and Sharon Bittner Kean, Madison, attorneys).

Boris Moczula, Assistant Attorney General, submitted a letter in lieu of brief on behalf of amicus curiae Attorney General of New Jersey in State v. Sweet (Anne Milgram, Attorney General, attorney).


Justice RIVERA-SOTO delivered the opinion of the Court.

In these separate appeals from convictions for driving while intoxicated — which we have consolidated for purposes of this opinion — we are asked to address a common issue: whether the Confrontation Clause of the Sixth Amendment, U.S. Const. amend. VI, and the New Jersey Constitution, N.J. Const. art. I, ¶ 10, bar the introduction into...

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