Case Name: STATE OF NEW JERSEY, PLAINTIFF-APPELLANT, v. SHAWN BERNARD MAHONE, DEFENDANT-RESPONDENT
Court: Supreme Court of New Jersey
Jurisdiction: New Jersey
Decision Date: 1997-12-03
Citations: 152 N.J. 44
Docket Number: 
Parties: STATE OF NEW JERSEY, PLAINTIFF-APPELLANT, v. SHAWN BERNARD MAHONE, DEFENDANT-RESPONDENT.
Judges: 
Reporter: New Jersey Reports
Volume: 152
Pages: 44–44

Head Matter:
702 A.2d 1286
STATE OF NEW JERSEY, PLAINTIFF-APPELLANT, v. SHAWN BERNARD MAHONE, DEFENDANT-RESPONDENT.
Argued November 18, 1997
Decided December 3, 1997.
Steven J. Kaflowitz, Assistant Prosecutor, argued the cause for appellant (Thomas V. Manaban, Union County Prosecutor, attorney).
Cecelia Urban, Assistant Deputy Public Defender, argued the cause for respondent (Ivelisse Torres, Public Defender, attorney; Ms. Urban and Jeannie K Phillips, Designated Counsel, on the brief).
Christine M. D’Elia, Deputy Attorney General, argued the cause for amicus curiae, Attorney General of New Jersey (Peter Vemiero, Attorney General, attorney).

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
The judgment is affirmed, substantially for the reasons expressed in Judge Stern's opinion of the Appellate Division, reported at 297 N.J.Super. 524, 688 A.2d 658 (1997).
For affirmance — Chief Justice PORITZ, and Justices HANDLER, POLLOCK, O'HERN, GARIBALDI, STEIN and COLEMAN — 7.
Opposed — None.