STATE v. LODZINSKI

A-50 September Term 2019 083398.

265 A.3d 36 (2021)

249 N.J. 116

STATE of New Jersey, Plaintiff-Respondent, v. Michelle LODZINSKI, Defendant-Appellant.

Supreme Court of New Jersey.

Decided May 26, 2021.

Re-Argued on Reconsideration October 25, 2021.

Decided December 28, 2021.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gerald Krovatin , Newark, argued the cause for appellant (Krovatin Nau and Arseneault & Fassett, attorneys; Gerald Krovatin , Newark, David W. Fassett , and Gregory D. Jones , on the briefs).

Joie D. Piderit , Acting Assistant Prosecutor/Special Deputy Attorney General, argued the cause for respondent ( Yolanda Ciccone , Middlesex County Prosecutor, attorney; Joie D. Piderit , of counsel and the briefs).

Lawrence S. Lustberg , Newark, submitted a brief on behalf of amici curiae American Civil Liberties Union of New Jersey and Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers of New Jersey (Gibbons and American Civil Liberties Union of New Jersey Foundation, attorneys; Lawrence S. Lustberg , Michael R. Noveck , Alexander Shalom , Newark, and Jeanne LoCicero , on the brief).

Paul J. Casteleiro , Hoboken, submitted a brief on behalf of amicus curiae Centurion Ministries, Inc., d/b/a Centurion (Centurion and Fox Rothschild, attorneys; Paul J. Casteleiro , Hoboken, of counsel and on the brief, and Karen A. Confoy , Jack L. Kolpen , Dominique J. Carroll , Lawrenceville, and Allison L. Hollows , on the brief).

Debra G. Simms , Deputy Attorney General, submitted a brief on behalf of amicus curiae Attorney General of New Jersey ( Gurbir S. Grewal , Attorney General, attorney; Debra G. Simms , of counsel and on the brief).


In 2016, a jury convicted Michelle Lodzinski of murdering her five-year-old son, Timothy Wiltsey, twenty-five years earlier. The issue in this case is whether the evidence, when viewed in its entirety, supported the finding that Lodzinski purposely or knowingly...

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