State v. J.M., Jr.(075317)

Judge CUFF

(temporarily assigned) delivered the opinion of the Court.

The Court granted leave to appeal to consider whether the State may introduce in defendant’s trial for sexual assault evidence of a prior sexual assault of which defendant was acquitted. Defendant, a massage therapist, was charged with sexually assaulting a customer while giving her a massage. Prior to defendant’s trial, the State moved to admit evidence that defendant had committed a similar sexual assault while working as a massage therapist in Florida. The trial court found the evidence admissible under N.J.R.E. 404(b),…