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State v. Middleton

STATE OF NEW JERSEY, PLAINTIFF-RESPONDENT v. LEO LAMONT MIDDLETON

State v. Middleton, 379 A.2d 453 (N.J. 1977)
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Court
Supreme Court of New Jersey · State Highest Courts
Decided
November 1, 1977
Citations
379 A.2d 45375 N.J. 471977 N.J. LEXIS 254
Cited by 19 1 descriptions by later courts

Opinion of the Court

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Per Curiam.

The judgment is affirmed substantially for the reasons expressed in the majority opinion of the Appellate Division.

For affirmance — Chief Justice Hughes and Justices Mountain, Pashman, Clifford, Schreiber and Handler — 6.

For reversal — None.

How later courts describe this case

Explanatory parentheticals written by citing courts — 1 in all; the most informative distinct ones are shown.

  • (jury warranted to find, on the basis of lay testimony describing instrument projecting from defendant's belt, that weapon was a real gun and it was not necessary for state to prove operability)
    State v. Gantt, 503 A.2d 849 (N.J. 1986)

Cited by 19 cases

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1978: 11979: 21981: 31982: 21984: 21985: 31986: 21993: 12001: 12010: 12013: 119782026peak 1981 · 3

Relies on it most ⓘ

  1. Henry v. New Jersey Department of Human Services9 A.3d 882 (N.J. 2010)
  2. State v. Ingenito432 A.2d 912 (N.J. 1981) · Concurrence
  3. State v. Gantt503 A.2d 849 (N.J. 1986)
  4. State v. Jackson546 S.E.2d 570 (N.C. 2001)
  5. State v. Handy73 A.3d 421 (N.J. 2013)
  6. Vazquez v. State405 So. 2d 177 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1981)

Most recent

  1. State v. Handy73 A.3d 421 (N.J. 2013)
  2. Henry v. New Jersey Department of Human Services9 A.3d 882 (N.J. 2010)
  3. State v. Jackson546 S.E.2d 570 (N.C. 2001)
  4. State v. Orlando634 A.2d 1039 (N.J. Super. Ct. App. Div. 1993)
  5. In re Sbitani514 A.2d 873 (N.J. Super. Ct. App. Div. 1986)
  6. State v. Gantt503 A.2d 849 (N.J. 1986)

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