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STATE v. HERNANDEZ

A-39 September Term 2014, 075444

139 A.3d 46 (2016)

225 N.J. 451

STATE of New Jersey, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Lixandra HERNANDEZ and Jose G. Sanchez, Defendants-Respondents.

Supreme Court of New Jersey.

Decided June 28, 2016.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Carol M. Henderson , Assistant Attorney General, argued the cause for appellant ( John J. Hoffman , Acting Attorney General of New Jersey, attorney).

Michael P. Koribanics and Charles J. Alvarez argued the cause for respondents (Koribanics & Koribanics, attorneys for Lixandra Hernandez and Peter R. Willis , Jersey City, attorney for Jose G. Sanchez).

Lawrence S. Lustberg argued the cause for amicus curiae Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers of New Jersey (Gibbons, attorneys; Mr. Lustberg, Jillian T. Stein , and Laurie A. Kelly , Newark, on the brief).

New Jersey provides a broad range of discovery to an accused in a criminal case under Rule 3:13-3. This open-file approach is intended to ensure fair and just trials. Here, the issue is not whether defendants have a right to discovery of the prosecutor's file in their case, but whether they...

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