STATE v. BULLOCK

A-34 September Term 2021 086196.

292 A.3d 503 (2023)

253 N.J. 512

STATE of New Jersey, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Izaia M. BULLOCK, Defendant-Respondent.

Supreme Court of New Jersey.

Decided May 9, 2023.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Patrick F. Galdieri, II , Assistant Prosecutor, argued the cause for appellant ( Yolanda Ciccone , Middlesex County Prosecutor, attorney; Patrick F. Galdieri, II, of counsel and on the briefs).

Rochelle Watson , Deputy Public Defender II, argued the cause for respondent ( Joseph E. Krakora , Public Defender, attorney; Rochelle Watson, of counsel and on the briefs, and Michele E. Friedman , Assistant Deputy Public Defender, on the briefs).

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

John McNamara, Jr. , argued the cause for amicus curiae County Prosecutors Association of New Jersey ( Jeffrey A. Sutherland , President, County Prosecutors Association, attorneys; John McNamara, Jr., of counsel and on the brief).

Janie Byalik , Hackensack, argued the cause for amicus curiae Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers of New Jersey (Pashman Stein Walder Hayden, attorneys; Janie Byalik, on the brief).

Christina Monica François , of the New York bar, admitted pro hac vice, argued the cause for amicus curiae Centurion Ministries, Inc., d/b/a Centurion (Centurion, attorneys; Paul Casteleiro , Hoboken, and Christina Monica François, on the brief).


In this appeal, we must determine whether a two-step interrogation in which officers questioned the defendant, obtained admissions, and thereafter advised defendant of his Miranda1 rights warrants suppression of defendant's statements.

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