STATE v. DEKOWSKI

A-35 September Term 2012, 071019

95 A.3d 733 (2014)

218 N.J. 596

STATE of New Jersey, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Christopher DEKOWSKI, Defendant-Respondent.

Supreme Court of New Jersey.

Decided August 11, 2014.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Meghan V. Tomlinson , Assistant Prosecutor, argued the cause for appellant ( Grace H. Park , Acting Union County Prosecutor, attorney).

Rochelle M.A. Watson , Assistant Deputy Public Defender, argued the cause for respondent ( Joseph E. Krakora , Public Defender, attorney).

Kenneth A. Burden , Deputy Attorney General, argued the cause for amicus curiae Attorney General of New Jersey ( John J. Hoffman , Acting Attorney General, attorney).


Justice ALBIN delivered the opinion of the Court.

In State v. Williams, we affirmed the defendant's conviction of first-degree robbery for threatening a bank teller with a deadly weapon in the course of committing a theft. 218 N.J. 576, 579-80, 95 A.3d 721, 2014 WL 3891766 (2014). The defendant in Williams threatened that he was armed with a bomb, an act that elevated the offense...

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