State v. Schenkolewski

The Opinion of the Court was delivered by

WALLACE, J.A.D.

The State appeals from the dismissal of its indictment against three defendants for bribery, official misconduct, and conspiracy. The indictment alleged that defendant Martin Buckley gave a substantial sum of money to defendant Rabbi Yisroel Schenkolew-ski, purportedly in exchange for the latter’s agreement to support a controversial cogeneration facility that Buckley’s company was proposing to build in the town of Lakewood. Defendant Schenko-lewski was a religious leader in the community who wielded considerable political influence…