Court Opinion

ID: 9650348
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-23 15:32:30.19657+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T18:12:20.568422
License: Public Domain

Justice ALBIN,
concurring.
I fully concur with the majority’s opinion, but add these few words. For the reasons I expressed in State v. Kemp, 195 N.J. 136, 157-63, 948 A.2d 636 (2008) (Albín, J., concurring), I believe that the time has come for this Court to abandon the discredited doctrine of res gestae as an independent basis for the admission of evidence. I look forward to the Court addressing whether res gestae has any continuing relevance in our evidence law when the issue is squarely before us.
Justice LONG joins in this opinion.
For reversal and, Justice RABNER and Justices LONG, LaVECCHIA, ALBIN, WALLACE, RIVER-SOTO and 
For LONG and