STATE v. SANCHEZ

A-60 September Term 2019 084104.

255 A.3d 1118 (2021)

247 N.J. 450

STATE of New Jersey, Plaintiff-Respondent, v. Damian SANCHEZ, Defendant-Appellant.

Supreme Court of New Jersey.

Decided July 22, 2021.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert C. Wolf , Cherry Hill, argued the cause for appellant (The Wolf Law Firm, attorneys; Robert C. Wolf , on the briefs).

Linda A. Shashoua , Special Deputy Attorney General/Acting Assistant Prosecutor, argued the cause for respondent ( Jill S. Mayer , Acting Camden County Prosecutor, attorney; Linda A. Shashoua , of counsel and on the briefs).

Tamar Y. Lerer , Assistant Deputy Public Defender, argued the cause for amicus curiae Public Defender of New Jersey ( Joseph E. Krakora , Public Defender, attorney; Tamar Y. Lerer , of counsel and on the brief).

Brian D. Kenney , Dover, argued the cause for amicus curiae Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers of New Jersey (Einhorn, Barbarito, Frost & Botwinick, attorneys; Brian D. Kenney , on the brief).

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


In this interlocutory appeal, we consider the admissibility of the lay opinion testimony of defendant Damian Sanchez's parole officer, Cheryl Annese. The parole officer, who had met with defendant more than thirty times as she supervised him on parole, told a detective investigating a homicide...

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