[brief] ## CASES  *Counterman v. Colorado*, 600 U.S. 66 (2023) ...........................................11  *DeNike v. Cupo*, 196 N.J. 502 (2008) ..................................................24  *Greenberg v. Kimmelman*, 99 N.J. 552 (1985) .......................................18  *Hutton Park Gardens v. Town Council of Town of West Orange*, 68 N.J. 543 (1975) .............................................................................19  *MacDougall v. Weichert*, 144 N.J. 380 (1996) ......................................32  *Matter of M.H.*, 475 N.J. Super. 580 (2023), certif. denied, 256 N.J. 195 (2024) ....................................................32  *Nieder v. Royal Indem. Ins. Co.*, 62 N.J. 229 (1973) ............................17, 24  *Orange Taxpayers Council, Inc. v. City of Orange*, 83 N.J. 246 (1980) ........18  *Pantich v. Pantich*, 339 N.J. Super. 63 (App. Div.  2001) .........................19, 24  *People v. Villareal*, 216 N.E.3d 188 (Ill. 2023) .....................................21, 22  *State v. Burns*, 192 N.J. 312 (2007) ....................................................10  *State v. Chew*, 150 N.J. 30 (1997), cert. denied, 528 U.S. 1052 (1999) ..........10  *State v. Cole*, 120 N.J. 321 (1990) .....................................................10  *State v. Cummings*, 184 N.J. 84 (2005) ...............................................27  *State v. Czachor*, 82 N.J. 392 (1980) ..................................................13  *State v. D.R.*, 109 N.J. 348 (1988) .....................................................13  *State v. Dalal*, 221 N.J. 601 (2015) ..................................................24-26  State v. Davis, 68 N.J. 69 (1987) .........................................................27, 28, 32  State v. Diaz, 144 N.J. 628 (1996) ..........................................................29  State v. Dock, 205 N.J. 237 (2011) ............................................................12 State v. Fair, 256 N.J. 213 (2024)..............................................................13, 16, 24 State v. Fair, 469 N.J. Super. 538 (App. Div. 2021), rev’d in part by 256 N.J. 213 (2024) .......................................................18 State v. Feal, 194 N.J. 293 (2008) .............................................................9 State v. Fraction, 206 N.J. Super. 532 (App. Div. 1985), certif. denied, 104 N.J. 434 (1986) .........................................................28 State v. G.E.P., 243 N.J. 362 (2020) .......................................................12 State v. Henderson, 208 N.J. 208 (2011) ..................................................12 State v. Jordan, 147 N.J. 409 (1997).........................................................10 State v. Macon, 57 N.J. 325 (1971) .........................................................10 State v. Maldonado, 137 N.J. 536 (1994) ................................................19 State v. McCabe, 201 N.J. 34 (2010) .......................................................24 State v. Miller, 108 N.J. 112 (1987) .......................................................28-29  State v. R.B., 183 N.J. 308 (2005) ..........................................................10  State v. Rivera, 249 N.J. 285 (2021) .......................................................34  State v. Robinson, 200 N.J. 1 (2009) .......................................................17  State v. Truglia, 97 N.J. 513 (1984) .........................................................27  State v. Walker, 385 N.J. Super. 388 (App. Div. 2006) .............................23  State v. Yarbough, 100 N.J. 627 (1985) .........................................................34  Virginia v. Black, 538 U.S. 343 (2003) .......................................................19  STATUTES