STATE v. SIMS

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Monica do Outeiro , Special Deputy Attorney General/Acting Assistant Prosecutor, argued the cause for appellant ( Lori Linskey , Acting Monmouth County Prosecutor, attorney; Maura K. Tully , Assistant Prosecutor, of counsel and on the briefs).

Rochelle M. Watson , Deputy Public Defender II, argued the cause for respondent ( Joseph E. Krakora , Public Defender, attorney; Rochelle M. Watson , and Robert Carter Pierce , Designated Counsel, on the briefs).

Frank Muroski , Deputy Attorney General, argued the cause for amicus curiae Attorney General of New Jersey ( Andrew J. Bruck , Acting Attorney General, attorney; Frank Muroski , of counsel and on the brief).

John McNamara, Jr. , Special Deputy Attorney General/Acting Chief Assistant Morris County Prosecutor, argued the cause for amicus curiae County Prosecutors Association of New Jersey ( Esther A. Suarez , President, County Prosecutors Association of New Jersey, attorney; John McNamara, Jr. , of counsel and on the brief).

Aidan P. O'Connor , Hackensack, argued the cause for amicus curiae Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers of New Jersey ( Pashman Stein Walder Hayden , attorneys; CJ Griffin , on the brief).