Legal Opinion
State v. David Pomianek, Jr. (072293)
Supreme Court of New Jersey
Decided March 17, 2015No. A-32/33-13PublishedCited by 34 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Albin
At issue in this appeal is the constitutionality of N.J.S.A. 2C:16-1(a)(3), a bias-crime statute that allows a jury to convict a defendant even when bias did not motivate the commission of the offense. Under the statute, a defendant may be convicted of bias intimidation if the victim “reasonably believed” that the defendant committed the offense on account of the victim’s race. Unlike any other bias-crime statute in the country, N.J.S.A. 2C:16-1(a)(3) focuses on the victim’s, not the defendant’s, state of mind. The defendant’s fate depends not on whether bias was the purpose for the…
2Cases cited23 opinions
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- United States v. WilliamsSupreme Court of the United States · 2008
- Lanzetta v. New JerseySupreme Court of the United States · 1939
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3Cited by34 opinions
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