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STATE v. J.G.

A-44 September Term 2008.

990 A.2d 1122 (2010)

201 N.J. 369

STATE of New Jersey, Plaintiff-Respondent, v. J.G., Defendant-Appellant.

Supreme Court of New Jersey.

Decided April 7, 2010.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mark H. Friedman, Assistant Deputy Public Defender, argued the cause for appellant (Yvonne Smith Segars, Public Defender, attorney; Michele Labrada, Assistant Deputy Public Defender, on the brief).

Nancy A. Hulett, Assistant Prosecutor, argued the cause for respondent (Bruce J. Kaplan, Middlesex County Prosecutor, attorney).

Mary Gibbons Whipple, Chatham, argued the cause for amicus curiae Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers of New Jersey (Arseneault, Whipple, Farmer, Fassett & Azzarello, attorneys; John C. Whipple, Morristown, Joshua C. Gillette, Newark, and John J. Roberts, Chatham, attorneys, on the brief).

Jeanne Screen, Deputy Attorney General, argued the cause for amicus curiae Attorney General of New Jersey (Anne Milgram, Attorney General, attorney).

Chief Justice RABNER delivered the opinion of the Court.

This case involves what has been described as the most privileged of all communications: private conversations between a penitent and a cleric. Specifically, we are called on to clarify the standard for deciding when the cleric-penitent privilege may be invoked.

In this matter, defendant J.G. and Pastor Glenford Brown spoke in private about allegations that...

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