Legal Opinion

State v. Thomas L. Scott (077434) (Monmouth and Statewide)

Supreme Court of New Jersey

Decided June 28, 2017No. A-86-15PublishedCited by 62 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtJustice Timpone

This appeal raises the issue of whether a defendant’s mother, who purportedly lied to law enforcement officers twice in the past in order to assist her son in evading prosecution, may be cross-examined on those prior instances as evidence of her bias.

Defendant Thomas Scott was charged with possession of heroin. He argued that he did not knowingly possess the heroin because someone else placed it in his jeans pocket before he put them on. *474In support, defendant sought to call his mother, Darlene Barbella, to testify that she found the heroin in defendant’s apartment in close proximity to…

2Cases cited20 opinions

Skipper v. South CarolinaSupreme Court of the United States · 1986
United States v. AbelSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
State v. KellySupreme Court of New Jersey · 1984
State v. CofieldSupreme Court of New Jersey · 1992
State v. MarreroSupreme Court of New Jersey · 1997

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3Cited by62 opinions

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A-0850-18T3 STATE OF NEW JERSEY VS. TYWAUN S. HEDGESPETH (16-07-2215 AND 16-07-2216, ESSEX COUNTY AND STATEWIDE)New Jersey Superior Court Appellate Division · 2020

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