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STATE v. CARDONA

248 N.J. Super. 311 (1991)

590 A.2d 1220

STATE OF NEW JERSEY, PLAINTIFF, v. ISMAEL CARDONA, DEFENDANT.

Superior Court of New Jersey, Law Division (Criminal), Hudson County.

Decided March 8, 1991.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas Foti for plaintiff (Paul M. DePascale, Hudson County Prosecutor, attorney).

Carl Broege for defendant (Patricia M. Kay, Hudson County Public Defender, attorney).

COSTELLO, J.S.C.

The court is faced with a case of first impression in the State of New Jersey: is a defendant's statement that he was financially unable to pay for an attorney an ambiguous request for counsel?

In the early morning hours of October 19, 1989, the body of Milagros Cardona was discovered in a car in Hoboken. Police believed that her husband, defendant Ismael Cardona, was present at her death, then left the scene and went to Perth Amboy. At approximately...

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