State v. Hakum Brown State v. Rodney Brown (083353) (Essex County, Middlesex County, & Statewide)

SYLLABUS This syllabus is not part of the Court’s opinion. It has been prepared by the Office of the Clerk for the convenience of the reader. It has been neither reviewed nor approved by the Court. In the interest of brevity, portions of an opinion may not have been summarized. State v. Hakum Brown; State v. Rodney Brown (A-39-19) (083353) Argued October 14, 2020 -- Decided January 25, 2021 LaVECCHIA, J., writing for the Court. These consolidated appeals present a common legal issue: whether state or federal constitutional ex post facto prohibitions permit defendants to be charged with and…