Case Name: STATE OF NEW JERSEY, PLAINTIFF-RESPONDENT, v. TERRENCE MILLER, DEFENDANT-APPELLANT
Court: Supreme Court of New Jersey
Jurisdiction: New Jersey
Decision Date: 2012-10-03
Citations: 212 N.J. 189
Docket Number: 
Parties: STATE OF NEW JERSEY, PLAINTIFF-RESPONDENT, v. TERRENCE MILLER, DEFENDANT-APPELLANT.
Judges: 
Reporter: New Jersey Reports
Volume: 212
Pages: 189–190

Head Matter:
52 A.3d 170
STATE OF NEW JERSEY, PLAINTIFF-RESPONDENT, v. TERRENCE MILLER, DEFENDANT-APPELLANT.
October 3, 2012.

Opinion:
ORDER
This matter having been brought before the Court on defendant's appeal as of right, and the Court having heard argument of the parties and amici curiae on September 11, 2012, and the Court having determined that the record is not sufficient in the following respect: The record reveals that defendant met his new attorney for the first time on the morning of September 10, 2007, prior to the start of the suppression hearing and trial. It is unclear from the record the amount of time, if any, defendant and his attorney spoke about the case before court proceedings actually began on September 10, 2007. It is therefore
ORDERED that the matter is summarily remanded to the Superior Court, Law Division, for the trial court to develop a factual record that establishes (a) the amount of time, if any, that defendant and his attorney spoke about the case on September 10, 2007, before the start of actual court proceedings in the matter, including but not limited to information about when defendant and defense counsel arrived in court and when the trial court called the case, and (b) the circumstances of any such discussions, namely, whether they were conducted in private. The proceedings on remand should not address the substance of any discussions and should not delve into privileged attorney-client information, unless defendant elects to waive the privilege.
The hearing on remand is to commence within thirty days of the filing date of this Order, and the trial court's statement of its findings of fact is to be filed with the Court within thirty days of the conclusion of the hearing.
Jurisdiction is retained.