Case ID: nj_216/html/0359-01.html
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Date Created: 2024-08-24T03:29:51.129683

80 A.3d 742
    STATE OF NEW JERSEY, PLAINTIFF-CROSS-RESPONDENT, v. DAVID T. POMIANEK, JR., DEFENDANT-CROSS-PETITIONER.
    October 25, 2013.
   ORDERED that the cross-petition for certification is granted limited to the following issues: 1) whether N.J.S.A. 2C:16-1(a)(3) chills expression and/or violates due process; 2) whether the Appellate Division impermissibly applied the canon of constitutional avoidance to save N.J.S.A 2C:16-1(a)(3) from invalidation; 3) assuming the Appellate Division was correct in interpreting N.J.S.A. 2C:16-1(a)(3) to require a showing of intent on the part of the actor, whether defendant is entitled as a matter of law to a dismissal of the bias charges on account of double jeopardy; and 4) whether a laugh can constitute a “benefit” within the meaning of N.J.S.A. 2C:20-2(a).