Case Name: STATE OF NEW JERSEY, PLAINTIFF-APPELLANT, v. MICHAEL BLACKNALL, DEFENDANT-RESPONDENT
Court: Supreme Court of New Jersey
Jurisdiction: New Jersey
Decision Date: 1996-02-28
Citations: 143 N.J. 419
Docket Number: 
Parties: STATE OF NEW JERSEY, PLAINTIFF-APPELLANT, v. MICHAEL BLACKNALL, DEFENDANT-RESPONDENT.
Judges: 
Reporter: New Jersey Reports
Volume: 143
Pages: 419–419

Head Matter:
672 A.2d 1132
STATE OF NEW JERSEY, PLAINTIFF-APPELLANT, v. MICHAEL BLACKNALL, DEFENDANT-RESPONDENT.
Argued February 13, 1996
Decided February 28, 1996.
Deborah C. Bartolomey, Deputy Attorney General, argued the cause for appellant (Deborah T. Poritz, Attorney General of New Jersey, attorney).
Herbert F. Lawrence, argued the cause for respondent {Lawrence, Leslie & Kain, attorneys; Laura G. Degnan and Wesley M. Kain, of counsel and on the brief).
Theresa Yvette Kyles, Assistant Deputy Public Defender, argued the cause for amicus curiae, Public Defender {Susan L. Reisner, Public Defender, attorney).

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
The judgment is affirmed, substantially for the reasons expressed in Judge Wallace's opinion of the Appellate Division, reported at 288 N.J.Super. 466, 672 A.2d 1170 (1995).
For affirmance —Chief Justice WILENTZ and Justices HANDLER, POLLOCK, O'HERN, GARIBALDI, STEIN and COLEMAN — 7.
Opposed —None.