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STATE v. WILLIAMS

A-33 September Term 2018, 081283.

221 A.3d 1166 (2019)

240 N.J. 225

STATE of New Jersey, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Earnst WILLIAMS, a/k/a Ernest Williams, Defendant-Respondent.

Supreme Court of New Jersey.

Decided December 11, 2019.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Frank J. Ducoat , Special Deputy Attorney General/Acting Assistant Prosecutor, argued the cause for appellant ( Theodore N. Stephens, II , Maplewood, Acting Essex County Prosecutor, attorney; Lucille M. Rosano , Special Deputy Attorney General/Acting Assistant Prosecutor, of counsel and on the briefs).

Brian P. Keenan , Assistant Deputy Public Defender, argued the cause for respondent ( Joseph E. Krakora , Public Defender, attorney; Brian P. Keenan , of counsel and on the briefs).

Kayla E. Rowe , Deputy Attorney General, argued the cause for amicus curiae Attorney General of New Jersey ( Gurbir S. Grewal , Attorney General, attorney; Kayla E. Rowe, of counsel and on the brief).

In the case before us, defendant Earnst Williams shot and killed the victim at close range in the midst of a July 2012 drug transaction. At trial, defendant offered a fulsome self-defense justification. He sought to buttress that defense with evidence of the victim's prior, unrelated drug deal...

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