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STATE v. CHAPLAND

901 A.2d 351 (2006)

187 N.J. 275

STATE of New Jersey, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Wayne E. CHAPLAND, Defendant-Respondent.

Supreme Court of New Jersey.

Decided July 13, 2006.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James L. McConnell, Assistant Prosecutor, argued the cause for appellant (Wayne J. Forrest, Somerset County Prosecutor, attorney).

Seon Jeong Lee, Assistant Deputy Public Defender, argued the cause for respondent (Yvonne Smith Segars, Public Defender, attorney).

Mary E. McAnally, Deputy Attorney General, argued the cause for amicus curiae, Attorney General of New Jersey (Zulima V. Farber, Attorney General, attorney).

Justice LaVECCHIA delivered the opinion of the Court.

A jury convicted defendant Wayne Chapland of first-degree robbery for a purse-snatching incident in which he simulated possession of a deadly weapon. The Appellate Division reversed the conviction because it found that the jury instruction on simulated possession of a weapon failed to convey that the jury was required to acquit defendant if it accepted his version of what took place. Defendant conceded that he...

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