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STATE v. J.D.

No. A-33 September Term 2011.

48 A.3d 1031 (2012)

211 N.J. 344

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

Supreme Court of New Jersey.

Decided August 9, 2012.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jay L. Wilensky , Assistant Deputy Public Defender, argued the cause for appellant ( Joseph E. Krakora , Public Defender, attorney); J.D. submitted a brief pro se.

Stephanie Davis Elson , Assistant Prosecutor, argued the cause for respondent ( Edward J. DeFazio , Hudson County Prosecutor, attorney; Gina Giordano , Assistant Prosecutor, on the brief).

Hillary K. Horton , Deputy Attorney General, argued the cause for amicus curiae The Attorney General of New Jersey ( Jeffrey S. Chiesa , Attorney General, attorney).

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

In this appeal, we are again called upon to balance the exquisite tension that inheres in protecting a defendant's right to challenge the individual accusing him of a crime while at the same time protecting the victim of a sexual assault from unjustified incursions into past conduct. Defendant, who was convicted at trial of sexual assault, N.J.S.A. 2C:14-2(c), and endangering the welfare...

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