Supreme Court Final Oral Argument Schedule for Wednesday, Nov. 28, 2012
The following is the Supreme Court's schedule for
oral arguments on Wednesday, Nov. 28, 2012. The issues before the Supreme Court are
outlined in the Appellate Division opinion in each case. If you are planning to
view the Webcast of Supreme Court arguments, you may want to review the opinion
under appeal in order to have a better understanding of the issues before the
Court. The opinions are in Adobe Acrobat Pdf format.
To view the argument schedule and corresponding opinions for the Tuesday, Nov. 27, 2012
Webcast, click here.
Please note that some of the Appellate Division opinions listed below have not been approved for publication, and that pursuant to New Jersey Court Rule 1:36, no unpublished opinion shall constitute precedent or be binding on any court.
(The following statements of issues on appeal are
prepared by the Office of the Clerk for the convenience of the reader. They
have been neither reviewed nor approved by the Supreme Court. Please note that,
in the interest of brevity not all issues may have been summarized).
10 a.m.
A-68-11 State v. Robert Handy (069022)
If a defendant with a history of mental illness wishes to have a jury trial to put the State to its burden of proving the charges against him beyond a reasonable doubt, must the defendant first submit to a bench trial restricted to the issue of insanity?
A-64-11 State v. Osborne S. Maloney (068877)
Was the trial court required to charge the jury on accomplice liability in this trial for crimes that included armed robbery?
1 p.m.
A-39-11 In the Matter of John C. Johnson, Cape May County (068900)
Did the Civil Service Commission abuse its discretion in reclassifying this county employee's title from an unclassified prosecutor's agent, a position he served since 1984, to a classified property clerk?
A-67-11 State v. Jarrett Parker (068966)
Did the prosecutor's references to defendant's prior use of aliases to impeach his credibility deprive defendant of a fair trial?