STATE v. L.A.

Docket No. A-6175-10T4

76 A.3d 1276 (2013)

433 N.J. Super. 1

STATE of New Jersey, Plaintiff-Respondent, v. L.A., Defendant-Appellant.

Superior Court of New Jersey, Appellate Division.

Decided October 8, 2013.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joseph E. Krakora , Public Defender, attorney for appellant (Steven M. Gilson, Designated Counsel, on the brief).

Andrew C. Carey , Acting Middlesex County Prosecutor, attorney for respondent ( Brian D. Gillet , Special Deputy Attorney General/Acting Assistant Prosecutor, of counsel and on the brief).

Before Judges MESSANO, LIHOTZ and OSTRER.


The opinion of the court was delivered by

OSTRER, J.A.D.

Defendant appeals from the trial court's denial, after remand and an evidentiary hearing, of his petition for post-conviction relief (PCR). See State v. L.A., No. A-4279-07, 2010 WL 2089997 (App.Div. May 24, 2010) (L.A. II). The petition was based largely on his trial counsel's failure to interview defendant's wife, D.A., and to call her as an exculpatory witness. We remanded for an evidentiary...

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