MATTER OF R.H.

A-20/21 September Term 2023 088232.

316 A.3d 593 (2024)

258 N.J. 1

In the MATTER OF Registrant R.H. In the Matter of Registrant T.L.

Supreme Court of New Jersey.

Decided July 1, 2024.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jonathan Edward Ingram, Assistant Deputy Public Defender, argued the cause for appellant T.L. in A-20-23 (Jennifer N. Sellitti, Public Defender, attorney; Jonathan Edward Ingram, of counsel and on the briefs).

Jesse M. DeBrosse, Assistant Deputy Public Defender, argued the cause for appellant R.H. in A-21-23 (Jennifer N. Sellitti, Public Defender, attorney; Jesse M. DeBrosse, of counsel and on the briefs).

Maura M. Sullivan, Assistant Prosecutor, argued the cause for respondent State of New Jersey in A-20-23 (Grace C. MacAulay, Camden County Prosecutor, attorney; Maura M. Sullivan, of counsel and on the briefs, and Matthew T. Spence, Assistant Prosecutor, on the briefs).

Sarah A. Spanarkel, Special Deputy Attorney General/Acting Assistant Prosecutor, argued the cause for respondent State of New Jersey in A-21-23 (Christine A. Hoffman, Acting Gloucester County Prosecutor, attorney; Sarah A. Spanarkel, of counsel and on the briefs).

Alexander Shalom argued the cause for amici curiae American Civil Liberties Union of New Jersey and Rutgers Criminal and Youth Justice Clinic (American Civil Liberties Union of New Jersey Foundation, Rutgers Criminal and Youth Justice Clinic, and Lowenstein Sandler, attorneys; Alexander Shalom, Jeanne LoCicero, Laura Cohen, Liana Irizarry, and Natalie Kraner, 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; Claude Caroline Heffron and Joshua P. Law, on the brief).

Kaili E. Matthews, Deputy Attorney General, argued the cause for amicus curiae Attorney General of New Jersey (Matthew J. Platkin, Attorney General, attorney; Kaili E. Matthews, of counsel and on the brief).


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