State v. Zwillman
| Decision Date | 17 February 1971 |
| Citation | 274 A.2d 56,57 N.J. 603 |
| Parties | STATE of New Jersey v. Irving J. ZWILLMAN. |
| Court | New Jersey Supreme Court |
Petition and cross-petition for certification denied. (See 112 N.J.Super. 6, 270 A.2d 284).
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State v. Landano
... ... Rodriguez, 262 N.J.Super. 564, 570-71, 621 A.2d 532 (App.Div.1993); State v. Mazur, 158 N.J.Super. 89, 104-05, 385 A.2d 878 (App.Div.), certif. denied, 78 N.J. 399, 396 A.2d 586 (1978); State v. Baker, 133 N.J.Super. 394, 397, 336 A.2d 760 (App.Div.1975); State v. Zwillman, 112 N.J.Super. 6, 18-19, 270 A.2d 284 (App.Div.1970), certif. denied, 57 N.J. 603, 274 A.2d 56 (1971); see also Annotation, Preventing or Limiting Cross-Examination of Prosecution's Witness as to His Motive for Testifying, 62 A.L.R.2d 610 (1958). The basic question is one of interest. State v ... ...
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State v. Engel
... ... The trial court precluded counsel from questioning McFadden concerning the possibility of executive clemency. While we recognize that a witness's interest or bias is an appropriate subject of inquiry, see State v. Zwillman, 112 N.J.Super. 6, 18, 270 A.2d 284 (App.Div.1970), certif. den. 57 N.J. 603, 274 A.2d 56 (1971), a cross-examiner does not have a license to roam at will under the guise of impeaching credibility. State v. Pontery, 19 N.J. 457, 473, 117 A.2d 473 (1955). A trial judge has broad discretion to ... ...
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State v. Boratto
... ... Commonwealth v. Aronson,312 Mass. 347, 44 N.E.2d 679 (Sup.Jud.Ct.1942); People v. Robinson, 23 Mich.App. 672, 179 N.W.2d 239 (Ct.App.1970). See also, Valassakis v. State,187 So.2d 74 (Fla.Dist.Ct.App.1966); R. v. Taylor, 15 Cox C.C. 268 (Q.B. 1883). Cf. State v. Zwillman, 112 N.J.Super. 6, 270 A.2d 284 (App.Div. 1970), certif. den. 57 N.J. 603, 274 A.2d 56 (1971). False representations made to and relied upon by an official which result ultimately in a third ... Page 521 ... person giving up something of value to a defendant may constitute the crime of false ... ...
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State v. Feaster
... ... Walker, 33 N.J. 580, 595, 166 A.2d 567 (1960)(finding improper court's statement in front of jury that "[s]he knows she is on the stand, she is under oath and when witnesses are on the stand they are all under oath and they all tell the truth")(emphasis deleted); State v. Zwillman, 112 N.J.Super. 6, 20-21, 270 A.2d 284 (App.Div.1970) (noting that trial judge "must not throw his judicial weight on one side or the other"), certif. denied, 57 N.J. 603, 274 A.2d 56 (1971) ... We are unpersuaded that the court's brief reference to the jury that the bench was ... ...
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