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STATE v. RIDGEWAY

256 N.J. Super. 202 (1992)

606 A.2d 873

STATE OF NEW JERSEY, PLAINTIFF-RESPONDENT, v. EDWARD WILLIAM RIDGEWAY, DEFENDANT-APPELLANT.

Superior Court of New Jersey, Appellate Division.

Decided May 6, 1992.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William B. Smith, Assistant Deputy Public Defender, argued the cause for appellant (Wilfredo Caraballo, Public Defender of New Jersey, attorney).

Mark P. Stalford, Assistant Prosecutor, argued the cause for respondent (John Kaye, Monmouth County Prosecutor, attorney).

Before Judges KING, GRUCCIO and BROCHIN.

The opinion of the court was delivered by KING, P.J.A.D.

This case requires us to decide whether certain offensive sexual conduct by an adult male in the presence of a child, age 11, constitutes the crime of sexual contact or the disorderly persons offense of lewdness.

Defendant Edward Ridgeway, age 44, pled guilty to sexual assault, a second-degree crime, in violation of N.J.S.A. 2C:14-2b. The victim was age 11 at the time of the crime. Defendant was...

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