Case Name: STATE OF NEW JERSEY, PLAINTIFF-APPELLANT, v. PAUL COLLIER, A/K/A PUFF, DEFENDANT-RESPONDENT
Court: Supreme Court of New Jersey
Jurisdiction: New Jersey
Decision Date: 1999-10-28
Citations: 162 N.J. 27
Docket Number: 
Parties: STATE OF NEW JERSEY, PLAINTIFF-APPELLANT, v. PAUL COLLIER, A/K/A PUFF, DEFENDANT-RESPONDENT.
Judges: 
Reporter: New Jersey Reports
Volume: 162
Pages: 27–28

Head Matter:
738 A.2d 369
STATE OF NEW JERSEY, PLAINTIFF-APPELLANT, v. PAUL COLLIER, A/K/A PUFF, DEFENDANT-RESPONDENT.
Argued September 28, 1999
Derided October 28, 1999.
Charles Ouslander, Assistant Prosecutor, argued the cause for appellant (Daniel G. Giaquinto, Mercer County Prosecutor, attorney; Mr. Ouslander and Kimberly M. Lachen, Assistant Prosecutor, of counsel and on the briefs).
Mark H. Friedman, Assistant Deputy Public Defender, argued the cause for respondent (Ivelisse Torres, Public Defender, attorney).
Bennett A Barlyn, Deputy Attorney General, argued the cause for amicus curiae Attorney General of New Jersey (John J. Farmer, Jr., Attorney General, attorney).
Eric Tunis argued the cause for amicus curiae Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers of New Jersey.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
The judgment is affirmed, substantially for the reasons expressed in Judge Steinberg's opinion of the Appellate Division, reported at 316 N.J.Super. 181, 719 A.2d 1276 (1998).
For affirmance — Chief Justice PORITZ and Justices O'HERN, GARIBALDI, STEIN, COLEMAN, VERNIERO, and LONG — 7.
Opposed — None.