STATE v. MINITEE

Nos. A-70/71 September Term 2010, 066771

44 A.3d 1100 (2012)

210 N.J. 307

STATE of New Jersey, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Alnesha MINITEE, Defendant-Respondent. State of New Jersey, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Darnell Bland, Defendant-Respondent.

Supreme Court of New Jersey.

Decided June 14, 2012.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joie D. Piderit , Assistant Prosecutor, argued the cause for appellant in State v. Alnesha Minitee ( Bruce J. Kaplan , Middlesex County Prosecutor, attorney).

Steven A. Yomtov , Deputy Attorney General, argued the cause for appellant in State v. Darnell Bland ( Jeffrey S. Chiesa , Attorney General of New Jersey, attorney).

Stephen W. Kirsch , Assistant Deputy Public Defender, argued the cause for respondent Darnell Bland ( Joseph E. Krakora , Public Defender, attorney).

Michael J. Confusione , Designated Counsel, argued the cause for respondent Alnesha Minitee ( Joseph E. Krakora , Public Defender, attorney).

Peter J. Gallagher , Morristown, argued the cause for amicus curiae Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers of New Jersey (Porzio, Bromberg & Newman, attorneys).


Judge WEFING (temporarily assigned) delivered the opinion of the Court.

Following the trial court's denial of defendants' motion to suppress, defendant Bland entered a negotiated plea of guilty to one count of first-degree robbery, N.J.S.A. 2C:15-1. Defendant Minitee elected to proceed to trial and was convicted of five counts of first-degree robbery, N.J.S.A. 2C:15-1. Defendants appealed, and the Appellate Division concluded that the trial court erred...

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