State v. Mann

The opinion of the Court was delivered by

STEIN, J.

Defendant was convicted of two counts of sexual assault, N.J.S.A. 2C:14-2c(l), and one count of criminal sexual contact, N.J.S.A. 2C:14-3b. The Appellate Division affirmed his conviction and sentence, 254 N.J.Super. 332, 603 A.2d 533 (1992). We granted defendant’s petition for certification, 130 N.J. 13, 611 A.2d 652 (1992), to consider the admissibility of evidence of defendant’s post-arrest suicide attempt and the related issue of the appropriate jury charge concerning that evidence. In addition, as in State v. Brunson, 132 N.J. 377, 625 A.…