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State of New Jersey v. Angelo A. Grenci, Jr. (A-104-07)

Argued November 3, 2008 -- Decided February 24, 2009

ALBIN, J., writing for a majority of the Court.

In this appeal, the Court must decide whether the trial court erred in trying defendant in absentia on new charges in a superseding indictment; whether the trial court improperly directed a verdict on an element of a burglary charge; and, if the instruction on the burglary charge was erroneous, whether the appropriate relief is the granting of a new trial.