STATE v. CRUZ-PENA

DOCKET NO. A-3775-16T3.

212 A.3d 488 (2019)

459 N.J.Super. 513

STATE of New Jersey, Plaintiff-Respondent, v. Juan E. CRUZ-PENA, Defendant-Appellant.

Superior Court of New Jersey, Appellate Division.

Decided June 21, 2019.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Tamar Yael Lerer , Assistant Deputy Public Defender, argued the cause for appellant ( Joseph E. Krakora , Public Defender, attorney; Joshua David Sanders , Assistant Deputy Public Defender, of counsel and on the brief).

Valeria Dominguez , Deputy Attorney General, argued the cause for respondent ( Gurbir S. Grewal , Attorney General, attorney; Sarah Lichter , Deputy Attorney General, of counsel and on the brief).

Before Judges Haas, Sumners and Susswein.


The opinion of the court was delivered by

This case arises from a violent criminal episode during which defendant Juan Cruz-Pena subjected his victim to four to five hours of uninterrupted sexual abuse. Defendant was acquitted at trial of the most serious sexual offense with which he was charged ...

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