STATE v. RYAN

A-65 September Term 2020 085165.

268 A.3d 311 (2022)

249 N.J. 581

STATE of New Jersey, Plaintiff-Respondent, v. Samuel RYAN, Defendant-Appellant.

Supreme Court of New Jersey.

Decided February 7, 2022.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James K. Smith, Jr. , Assistant Deputy Public Defender, argued the cause for appellant ( Joseph E. Krakora , Public Defender, attorney; James K. Smith, Jr. , of counsel and on the briefs).

Daniel A. Finkelstein , Deputy Attorney General, argued the cause for respondent ( Andrew J. Bruck , Acting Attorney General, attorney; Daniel A. Finkelstein , of counsel and on the briefs).

Elana Wilf argued the cause for amici curiae the Rutgers Criminal and Youth Justice Clinic and American Civil Liberties Union of New Jersey (Rutgers University School of Law — Newark Criminal and Youth Justice Clinic and American Civil Liberties Union of New Jersey Foundation, attorneys; Elana Wilf , Laura Cohen , Alexander Shalom , Newark, and Jeanne LoCicero , of the brief).

Dillon J. McGuire argued the cause for amicus curiae Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers of New Jersey (Pashman Stein Walder Hayden, attorneys; Dillon J. McGuire , Hackensack, of counsel and on the brief, and CJ Griffin , on the brief).


In the winter of 1996, at the age of twenty-three, defendant Samuel Ryan robbed a Bridgeton, New Jersey gas station at gunpoint, stealing $100 and shooting a store clerk in the process. The offense resulted in defendant's third first-degree robbery conviction, and he was sentenced to life in prison...

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