[brief] STATEMENT OF THE CASE ........................................................................................................1  PROCEDURAL HISTORY & STATEMENT OF THE FACTS .................................................2 ISSUES AND LEGAL ARGUMENT  POINT I ...........................................................................................................................................23  DEFENDANT HAD INEFFECTIVE ASSISTANCE OF COUNSEL DURING HEARING LEADING TO TRIAL, INCLUDING THE DE NOVO REVIEW, WHICH WOULD HAVE LIKELY RESULTED  THE DEFENDANT FOUND NOT GUILTY  [2T11:22-25]  POINT II .......................................................................................................................................27  BOTH TRIAL COURTS FAILED TO ENGAGE IN AN INTERACTIVE PROCESS CONCERNING HER ADA TITLE II  ACCOMMODATION  REQUEST AND LIMITING DIVULGENENCE OF FEDERALLY PROTECTED  HIPAA INFORMATION TO THE COURT THROUGH HER ATTORNEY SOLELY [2T3:14-19]  POINT III .....................................................................................................................................29  THE TRIAL COURTS FAILED BY EXCLUDING DEFENDANT’S DISCOVERY DOCUMENTS, PLAINTIFF’S DISCOVERY DOCUMENTS, ACKLES SUBPEONA DUCES TECUM [1T65:8-11, 1T7:6-17, 1T8:14-23, 1T10:15-21, 1T11:10-13]  POINT IV ...........................................................................................................................................30  THE TRIAL COURT ERRED WHEN THEY AGREED THE DEFENDANT OPENED THE DOOR TO IN-COURT AND OUT-OF-COURT IDENTIFICATIONS [1T19:4-18, 1T30:15-25, 1T59:21]  POINT V ...........................................................................................................................................32  THE TRIAL COURT ERRED WHEN THEY HAD BEARING ON THE FACT OF DEFENDANT’S ACCUSED CHOICE OF RAP MUSIC AND LYRICAL CONTENT SPEARING VIOLENCE  [1T20:20-22, 1T28:5-7, 2T16:19-21]  CONCLUSION .....................................................................................................................................35  # TABLE OF AUTHORITIES  ## CASES - **STATE v. ALLEN** 251 N.J. 33 (2022) ................................................................. 17, 32 - **STATE v. HENDERSON** 397 N.J. SUPER 398 ....................................................... 33 - **STATE v. SKINNER A-57/58-12 (2014)** .............................................................. 35 - **STRICKLAND v. WASHINGTON** 466 U.S. 668 (1984) ........................................... 25 - **UNITED STATES v. BARTOW** 997 F.3d 203 (4th Cir. 2021) ..................................... 35 ## FEDERAL STATUTES - **ADA TITLE II (28 CFR Part 35)** ............................................................................ 9, 24, 27, 28 - **FIRST AMENDMENT** .......................................................................................... 35, 36 - **HEALTH INSURANCE PORTABILITY AND ACCOUNTABILITY ACT OF 1996 (45 CFR Part 160 and Subparts A and E of Par 164)** ........................................... 27 ## STATE STATUTES - **N.J.S. § 2C:12-3(b)** ................................................................................................. 1, 4, 6 - **N.J.S. § 2C:33-2(a)** ............................................................................................... 1 - **N.J.S. § 2C:33-2(a)(1)** ......................................................................................... 6, 7, 8, 9, 22 - **R.1:2-4** .................................................................................................................. 24 - **R.1:4-8** .................................................................................................................. 7 - **R.1:5-2** .................................................................................................................. 24 - **R.1:9** ....................................................................................................................... 24 - **R.2:10-2** .................................................................................................................. 19 - **R.3:10-2(d)** ............................................................................................................. 32 - **R.3:10-2(e)** ............................................................................................................. 32 TABLE OF JUDGEMENT, ORDERS AND RULINGS BEING APPEALED ORDER FINDING DEFENDANT GUILTY ON DE NOVO REVIEW ...... AP 63 MUNICIPAL COURT ORDER OF FINES, FEES, AND OTHER ASSESSMENTS ................................................................. AP 64 – AP 65 MUNICIPAL COURT DISPOSITION INQUIRY ....................... AP 66 – AP 67 TABLE OF APPENDICES Received Discovery Documents..............................................AP 1 – AP 13 2022 Motions to Dismiss.........................................................AP 14– AP 33 Submitted ADA Requests (official denials were not issued) ............. AP 34 – AP 42 Copy of Notice of Appeal Filed in the Law Division....................... AP 43 – AP 44 Copy of Notice of Appeal Filed in the Appellate Division ..............