Judge RODRIGUEZ (temporarily assigned) delivered the opinion of the Court.
An inculpatory statement made by an accused prior to trial, and later introduced as evidence, may be very persuasive to a jury precisely because it comes from the mouth of the accused. In this appeal, defendant seeks reversal of a conviction for third-degree possession of cocaine, N.J.S.A. 2C:35-10a(1), by challenging several such statements on various grounds. We reverse defendant's...
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