STATE v. WILLIS

A-115 September Term 2013, 073908

137 A.3d 452 (2016)

225 N.J. 85

STATE of New Jersey, Plaintiff-Respondent, v. Richard WILLIS (a/k/a Richard Dwayne Willis, Richard Dwayne Wilus), Defendant-Appellant.

Supreme Court of New Jersey.

Decided May 11, 2016.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael B. Jones, Assistant Deputy Public Defender, argued the cause for appellant (Joseph E. Krakora, Public Defender, attorney).

Ian C. Kennedy, Deputy Attorney General, argued the cause for respondent (John J. Hoffman, Acting Attorney General of New Jersey, attorney).


In this appeal, we address the admission of other-crime evidence, pursuant to N.J.R.E. 404(b), of an attempted sexual assault that occurred three years before the sexual assault that was the subject of defendant Richard Willis' trial. The State contended, and the trial...

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