STATE v. SCOTT

Nos. A-2580-09T1, A-4100-09T1, A-6279-09T3, A-4101-09T1

STATE OF NEW JERSEY, Plaintiff-Respondent, v. JAMELL D. SCOTT, Defendant-Appellant. STATE OF NEW JERSEY, Plaintiff-Respondent, v. LEE C. REEVES, a/k/a KAOZ, Defendant-Appellant. STATE OF NEW JERSEY, Plaintiff-Respondent, v. JAMES S. RUSSELL, Defendant-Appellant. STATE OF NEW JERSEY, Plaintiff-Respondent, v. TRISHAWN F. COCHRAN, a/k/a TONY UNDERWOOD, ANTHONY UNDERWORLD, SHAWNIE, BRAVE, Defendant-Appellant.

Superior Court of New Jersey, Appellate Division.

Decided April 16, 2013.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Marcia Blum, Assistant Deputy Public Defender, argued the cause for appellant Lee C. Reeves in A-4100-09 (Joseph E. Krakora, Public Defender, attorney; Ms. Blum, of counsel and on the brief).

Roberta DiBiase, Senior Assistant Prosecutor, argued the cause for respondent State of New Jersey in A-4100-09 (Marlene Lynch Ford, Ocean County Prosecutor, attorney; Samuel J. Marzarella, Supervising Assistant Prosecutor, of counsel; Ms. DiBiase, of counsel and on the brief).

Joseph E. Krakora, Public Defender, attorney for appellant Jamell D. Scott in A-2580-09 (Michele A. Adubato, Designated Counsel, on the brief).

Joseph E. Krakora, Public Defender, attorney for appellant James S. Russell in A-4101-09 (Michael Confusione, Designated Counsel, on the brief).

Joseph S. Krakora, Public Defender, attorney for appellant Trishawn F. Cochran in A-6279-09 (Alan I. Smith, Designated Counsel, on the brief).

Marlene Lynch Ford, Ocean County Prosecutor, attorney for respondent State of New Jersey in A-2580-09, A-4101-09, and A-6279-09 (Samuel J. Marzarella, Supervising Assistant Prosecutor, of counsel; Roberta DiBiase, Senior Assistant Prosecutor, of counsel and on the brief).

Appellant Jamell D. Scott filed a pro se supplemental brief in A-2580-09.

Before Judges Reisner, Harris, and Hoffman.


NOT FOR PUBLICATION

PER CURIAM.

In these back-to-back appeals, which we now consolidate for purposes of this opinion, defendants Jamell D. Scott, Lee C. Reeves, James S. Russell, and Trishawn F. Cochran — all members of the Bloods street gang — challenge their convictions and sentences following a joint jury trial involving charges related to a plot to silence a witness to a prior murder.1 We affirm in all respects...

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