State v. Wickliff

August 5, 2024

State : New Jersey
Case Date : 05/10/1902

Case Description :

State v. Wickliff, 875 A.2d 1009 (N.J. Super. 2005) vacated the conviction of a recovery agent for criminal trespass because the trial court's instructions to the jury did not allow the jury to find that the defendant was not guilty because he reasonably believed he had a right to enter the house of the fugitive's mother to look for the fugitive. The New Jersey criminal trespass statute requires that the defendant must enter a structure "knowing that he is not licensed or privileged to do so."

Case Description :

State v. Wickliff, 875 A.2d 1009 (N.J. Super. 2005) vacated the conviction of a recovery agent for criminal trespass because the trial court’s instructions to the jury did not allow the jury to find that the defendant was not guilty because he reasonably believed he had a right to enter the house of the fugitive’s mother to look for the fugitive. The New Jersey criminal trespass statute requires that the defendant must enter a structure “knowing that he is not licensed or privileged to do so.”

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