Legal Opinion
State v. Mortimer
Supreme Court of New Jersey
Decided May 26, 1994PublishedCited by 72 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the Court was delivered by
CLIFFORD, J.
Defendant pleaded guilty to fourth-degree harassment, a violation of N.J.S.A. 2C:33-4 (section 4). He had been charged with having painted on the house of a family of Pakistani descent the words “Dots U Smell”—a scurrilous, offensive allusion that incorporates a reference to the tika, a mark on the forehead of some Hindus, especially women, indicating caste or status, or worn by both sexes as an ornament. See New Shorter Oxford English Dictionary 3309 (1993). Before sentencing, however, defendant moved to dismiss the indictment on the basis…
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