STATE v. GORE

No. A-77 September Term 2009.

15 A.3d 844 (2011)

205 N.J. 363

STATE of New Jersey, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Michael GORE, Jr., Defendant-Respondent.

Supreme Court of New Jersey.

Decided March 22, 2011.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William A. Haumann , Assistant Prosecutor, argued the cause for appellant ( Joseph L. Bocchini, Jr. , Mercer County Prosecutor, attorney).

Marcia H. Blum , Assistant Deputy Public Defender, argued the cause for respondent ( Yvonne Smith Segars , Public Defender, attorney).

Brian J. Uzdavinis , Deputy Attorney General, argued the cause for amicus curiae Attorney General of New Jersey ( Paula T. Dow , Attorney General, attorney).


Justice LaVECCHIA delivered the opinion of the Court.

A jury convicted defendant Michael Gore Jr. of the murder of eighty-five-year-old Victoria Colton and of related offenses. On appeal, the Appellate Division reversed based on an evidential ruling by the trial court. The panel concluded that the trial court erred in allowing the jury to have a copy of defendant's formal confession, which the State had transcribed as he was...

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