STATE v. KNIGHT

A-39 September Term 2022 087822.

309 A.3d 639 (2024)

256 N.J. 404

STATE of New Jersey, Plaintiff-Respondent, v. Isaiah J. KNIGHT, Defendant-Appellant.

Supreme Court of New Jersey.

Decided March 5, 2024.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Brian P. Keenan , Assistant Deputy Public Defender, argued the cause for appellant ( Joseph E. Krakora , Public Defender, attorney; Brian P. Keenan, of counsel and on the briefs).

Matthew E. Hanley , Special Deputy Attorney General/Acting Assistant Prosecutor, argued the cause for respondent ( Theodore N. Stephens, II , Maplewood, Acting Essex County Prosecutor, attorney; Matthew E. Hanley, of counsel and on the briefs).

William P. Cooper-Daub, Deputy Attorney General, argued the cause for amicus curiae Attorney General of New Jersey (Matthew J. Platkin, Attorney General, attorney; William P. Cooper-Daub, of counsel and on the brief).

Claude Caroline Heffron argued the cause for amicus curiae Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers of New Jersey (Pashman Stein Walder Hayden, attorneys; CJ Griffin, on the brief).


This appeal asks us to determine whether, pursuant to our discovery rules, the State can obtain from defense counsel an affidavit that constitutes physical evidence of a crime.

Defendant Isaiah J. Knight was charged with murder.1 A witness to the murder...

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