ROGERS v. CAPE MAY COUNTY OFFICE OF PUBLIC DEFENDER

A-63 September Term 2010 067048.

31 A.3d 934 (2011)

208 N.J. 414

John ROGERS, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. CAPE MAY COUNTY OFFICE OF the PUBLIC DEFENDER and Erica Smith, Defendants-Respondents.

Supreme Court of New Jersey.

Decided December 5, 2011.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Frank L. Corrado argued the cause for appellant (Barry, Corrado, Grassi & Gibson, attorneys; Mr. Corrado , Joseph C. Grassi , Wildwood, and James E. Moore on the briefs).

Karen L. Jordan , Chief, Deputy Attorney General, argued the cause for respondents ( Paula T. Dow , Attorney General of New Jersey, attorney; Lewis A. Scheindlin and Melissa H. Raksa , Assistant Attorneys General, of counsel, Rahat N. Babar , Deputy Attorney General, on the briefs).

Justice LONG delivered the opinion of the Court.


On this appeal we are asked to revisit the term "exoneration" as used in our decision in McKnight v. Office of the Public Defender, 197 N.J. 180, 962 A.2d 482 (2008), to determine the timeliness of a legal malpractice action based on representation in a criminal matter. In 1999, defendant was convicted of various drug offenses. In October 2007, on appeal from the denial of post-conviction relief (PCR...

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