State v. Dock

In 1999, defendant Jamiyl Dock was convicted of and sentenced for the murder of Lamont Stewart and the shooting of Maurice Allen in broad daylight on a Newark street; his convictions and sentence were affirmed by the Appellate Division and this Court denied defendant’s petition for certification. In 2004, defendant filed a petition for post-conviction relief (PCR), claiming, among other things, (1) that his trial counsel was ineffective when he “permitted, without objection, Maurice Allen to testify as a defense witness while handcuffed and failed to request a jury instruction forbidding the…