STATE v. SANTOS

A-114 September Term 2010, 067989

42 A.3d 141 (2012)

210 N.J. 129

STATE of New Jersey, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Juan Pablo SANTOS, Defendant-Respondent.

Supreme Court of New Jersey.

Decided May 8, 2012.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Samuel J. Marzarella , Supervising Assistant Prosecutor, argued the cause for appellant ( Marlene Lynch Ford , Ocean County Prosecutor, attorney).

Ubel G. Velez , a member of the Pennsylvania bar, argued the cause for respondent ( Maritza Colon , attorney).

Michael J. Williams , Deputy Attorney General, argued the cause for amicus curiae Attorney General of New Jersey ( Jeffrey S. Chiesa , Attorney General, attorney).


Justice LaVECCHIA delivered the opinion of the Court.

This is a post-conviction relief (PCR) matter. Defendant Juan Pablo Santos, a Mexican citizen, had been removed from the United States to Mexico in 2008 within weeks of sentencing following his plea to third-degree endangering the welfare of a child. Santos had been found in bed with a fourteen-year-old girl, with whom he had been living and with whom he confessed to having an ongoing sexual relationship. At some...

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