[brief] Brugaletta v. Garcia, 234 N.J. 225 (2018)  .........................................................35  Cap. Health Sys., Inc. v. Horizon Healthcare Servs., Inc., 230 N.J. 73 (2017)35  DeNike v. Cupo, 196 N.J. 502 (2008)  .................................................................42  Earley v. New Jersey, 583 U.S. 1102 (2018) .......................................................1, 7  Escobar-Barrera v. Kissin, 464 N.J. Super. 224 (App. Div. 2020)  ......................40  Hundred E. Credit Corp. v. Eric Schuster Corp., 212 N.J. Super. 350 (App. Div. 1986) ...........................................................................................................42  Johnson v. Johnson, 204 N.J. 529 (2010) ..........................................................42  Lipsky v. New Jersey Ass'n of Health Plans, Inc., 474 N.J. Super. 447 (App. Div.  2023)  ..................................................................................................................35  Magill v. Casel, 238 N.J. Super. 57 (App. Div. 1990) ........................................43, 45  Michel v. Louisiana, 350 U.S. 91 (1955) ............................................................13  Nadel v. Bergamo, 160 N.J. Super. 213 (App. Div. 1978) ..................................40  Ouber v. Guarino, 293 F.3d 19 (1st Cir. 2002) ....................................................26  People v. Gonzalez, 51 Cal.3d 1179 (1990) .........................................................36, 39  State ex rel. Comm'r of Transp. v. Shalom Money St., LLC, 432 N.J. Super. 1 (App. Div. 2013)  ...........................................................................................................40  State ex rel. S.G., 175 N.J. 132 (2003) ...............................................................24  State v. Allen, 99 N.J. Super. 314 (Law Div. 1968) .............................................9  State v. Baynes, 148 N.J. 434 (1997) ......................................................... 10, 46  State v. Belton, 452 N.J. Super. 528 (App. Div. 2017) ..................................  12 State v. Bey, 161 N.J. 233 (1999) ..................................................................  26 State v. Buonadonna, 122 N.J. 22 (1991) .......................................................  32 State v. Carter, 85 N.J. 300 (1981) .................................................................  30, 31, 34 State v. Cooper, 410 N.J. Super. 43 (App. Div. 2009) ....................................  20, 26 State v. Cummings, 321 N.J. Super. 154 (App. Div. 1999) ............................. 11, 14 State v. Cummins, 168 N.J. Super. 429 (Law Div. 1979) ............................... 9 State v. Dalal, 221 N.J. 601 (2015) ................................................................. 43  State v. Davis, 116 N.J. 341 (1989) ...............................................................  13 State v. Ford, 240 N.J. Super. 44 (App. Div. 1990) .......................................  38 State v. Fortin, 464 N.J. Super. 193 (App. Div. 2020) ...................................  30, 34 State v. Fritz, 105 N.J. 42 (1987) .................................................................. 12, 17 State v. Frost, 158 N.J. 76 (1999) ..................................................................  29 State v. Hannah, 448 N.J. Super 78 (App. Div. 2016) ...................................  19 State v. Harris, 181 N.J. 391 (2004) ............................................................... 12, 43 State v. Henderson, 208 N.J. 280 (2011) ....................................................... 15, 16, 17 State v. Herrera, 211 N.J. 308 (2012) ............................................................  36 State v. Hill, 110 N.J. Super. 370 (App. Div. 1970) .......................................  44 State v. Jack, 144 N.J. 240 (1996) ..................................................................  13 State v. Jackson, 454 N.J. Super. 284 (App. Div. 2018) ...........................................14  State v. Marshall, 148 N.J. 89 (1997) ................................................................. 29, 31, 36, 39 State v. McCabe, 201 N.J. 34 (2010) ........................................................................  42 State v. McDonald, 211 N.J. 4 (2012) ......................................................................  14 State v. McNeil-Thomas, 238 N. J. 256 (2019) ......................................................... 29 State v. Mitchell, 126 N.J. 565 (1992) ..................................................................... 8, 9, 10 State v. Moore, 273 N.J. Super. 118 (App. Div. 1994) ............................................. 8 State v. Nash, 212 N.J. 518 (2013) .......................................................................... 9 State v. Parker, 212 N.J. 269 (2012) ....................................................................... 13 State v. Perry, 124 N.J. 128 (1991) ....................................................................... 16, 22 State v. Petrozelli, 351 N.J. Super. 14 (App. Div. 2002) ......................................... 14 State v. Preciose, 129 N.J. 451 (1992) .................................................................. 10, 11 State v. S.N., 231 N.J. 497 (2018) ......................................................................... 10, 46 State v. Smith, 29 N.J. 561 (1959) ....................................................................... 30 State v. Smith, 66 N.J. Super. 465 (App. Div. 1961) ............................................... 40 State v. Szemple, 247 N.J. 82 (2021) .................................................................... 36 State v. Tucker, 264 N.J. Super. 549 (App. Div. 1993) ........................................... 44 State v. Tull, 234 N.J. Super. 486 (1989) ............................................................... 37 State v. Ways, 180 N.J. 171 (2004) ....................................................................... 32 Strickland v. Washington, 466 U.S. 668 (1984) .............................................passim STATUTES N.J.S.A. 2C:11-3a(1).........................................................................................1 N.J.S.A. 2C:11-3a(2).........................................................................................1 N.J.S.A. 2C:39-4a ..........................................................................................1 N.J.S.A. 2C:39-5b ..........................................................................................1 N.J.S.A. 2C:43-7.2 .......................................................................................1 RULES R. 1:12–1(g) ....................................................................................................41 R. 3:13-3 ........................................................................................................21 R. 3:22-10(b) .................................................................................................11 R. 3:22-4 ........................................................................................................6, 7