STATE v. J.G.

No. A-2539-07T4

953 A.2d 1214 (2008)

402 N.J. Super. 290

STATE of New Jersey, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. J.G., Defendant-Respondent.

Superior Court of New Jersey, Appellate Division.

Decided August 20, 2008.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Nancy A. Hulett, Assistant Prosecutor, argued the cause for appellant (Bruce J. Kaplan, Middlesex County Prosecutor, attorney; Ms. Hulett, on the brief).

Michele Labrada, Assistant Deputy Public Defender, argued the cause for respondent (Yvonne Smith Segars, Public Defender, attorney; Ms. Labrada, on the brief).

Before Judges WEFING, PARKER and KOBLITZ.


The opinion of the court was delivered by

PARKER, J.A.D.

On leave granted, the State appeals from an order entered on December 10, 2007 granting defendant's motion to preclude the testimony of Glenford Brown pursuant to N.J.R.E. 511, [cleric]-penitent privilege. We reverse.

This appeal arises out of allegations that defendant sexually assaulted his daughters between 1996 and 2000. In 2000, the children reported to their mother that their father...

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