[brief] 45  **State v. Carey**, 168 N.J. 413 (2001)............................................................  45  **State v. Case**, 220 N.J. 49 (2014)............................................................... 29, 39, 43, 45  **State v. Comer**, 249 N.J. 359 (2022)........................................................... 17, 20, 21, 22, 26, 47  **State v. Fuentes**, 217 N.J. 57 (2014)............................................................  45  **State v. Jaffe**, 220 N.J. 114 (2014).............................................................  39  **State v. Jarbath**, 114 N.J. 394 (1989)......................................................... 43  **State v. K.S.**, 220 N.J. 190 (2015).............................................................  47  **State v. Lester**, 271 N.J. Super. 289 (App. Div. 1994)................................. 37  **State v. Randolph**, 210 N.J. 330 (2012)..................................................... 39  **State v. Rivera**, 249 N.J. 285 (2021).......................................................... 45  **State v. Shoats**, 339 N. J. Super. 359 (App. Div. 2001)................................. 43 **State v. Spencer**, 319 N.J. Super. 284 (App. Div. 1999)............................... 38 **State v. Torres**, 246 N.J. 246 (2021)......................................................... 13, 35, 36 **State v. Yarbough**, 100 N.J. 627 (1985)..................................................... 13, 14, 17, 35, 36, 37 **State v. Zuber**, 227 N.J. 422 (2017)........................................................... passim **Tatum v. Arizona**, 137 S.Ct. 11 (2016)....................................................... 49 Statutes N.J.S.A. 2C:11-3 (a)(1) ...........................................................................................................2 N.J.S.A. 2C:11-3 (a)(2) ...........................................................................................................2 N.J.S.A. 2C:11-3(a)(3) ...........................................................................................................2 N.J.S.A. 2C:11-3b(1)...............................................................................................................9 N.J.S.A. 2C:15-1 .......................................................................................................................2 N.J.S.A. 2C:39-(b) ....................................................................................................................2 N.J.S.A. 2C:39-4(a) ..................................................................................................................2 N.J.S.A. 2C:44-1a(1) ................................................................................................................41 N.J.S.A. 2C:44-1a(3) ................................................................................................................41 N.J.S.A. 2C:44-1a(9) ................................................................................................................41 N.J.S.A. 2C:5-2 .........................................................................................................................2 TABLE OF AUTHORITIES (CONT'D) PAGE NOS. Constitutional Provisions N.J. Const. art. I, ¶ 12 ..............................................................................................................21 U.S. Const. amend VIII ..........................................................................................................21 U.S. Const. amend XIV ..........................................................................................................21 Other Authorities Cannel, New Jersey Criminal Code Annotated, comment 3 on N.J.S.A. 2C:44–5 (2012) .................................................................................................................................36 [...], *The Influence of Neuroscience on U.S.