MATTER OF H.D.

DOCKET Nos. A-5321-16T1 A-5322-16T1.

198 A.3d 1007 (2018)

457 N.J.Super. 205

In the MATTER OF Registrant H.D. In the Matter of Registrant J.M.

Superior Court of New Jersey, Appellate Division.

Decided December 7, 2018.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Fletcher C. Duddy , Deputy Public Defender, argued the cause for appellant H.D. (in A-5321-16) ( Joseph E. Krakora , Public Defender, attorney; Fletcher C. Duddy, of counsel and on the briefs; Stephanie A. Lutz , Assistant Deputy Public Defender, on the briefs).

Jesse M. DeBrosse , Assistant Deputy Public Defender, argued the cause for appellant J.M. (in A-5322-16) ( Joseph E. Krakora , Public Defender, attorney; Jesse M. DeBrosse, on the briefs).

Frank J. Ducoat , Special Deputy Attorney General/Acting Assistant Prosecutor, argued the cause for respondent State of New Jersey (in A-5321-16) ( Theodore Stephens II , Acting Essex County Prosecutor, attorney; Frank J. Ducoat and Maria I. Guerrero , Special Deputy Attorneys General/Acting Assistant Prosecutors, of counsel; Frank J. Ducoat, on the brief).

David M. Galemba , Assistant Prosecutor, argued the cause for respondent State of New Jersey (in A-5322-16) ( John T. Lenahan , Salem County Prosecutor, attorney; David M. Galemba, of counsel and on the brief).

Before Judges Messano, Gooden Brown and Rose.


The opinion of the court was delivered by

We consolidate these two appeals that were argued back-to-back to issue a single opinion because they involve only one common legal issue.

Appellants J.M. and H.D. were convicted of sex offenses, see N.J.S.A. 2C:7-2(b), in 1994 and 1998 respectively...

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