Topic: review for plain error the trial court's obligation to sua … · Go Syfert
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3 canonical passages across 3 cases, quoted by 15 opinions in total. These passages cluster together because the same opinions keep quoting them side by side: they state parts of one doctrine. The anchor passage is from State v. Alexander.

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1 State v. Alexander Anchor
nj · 2018
green “review for plain error the trial court's obligation to sua sponte deliver a jury instruction when a defendant does not request it and fails to object at trial to its omission.” 6
2 Estate of Myroslava Kotsovska v. Saul Liebman (073861)
nj · 2015
green “correctly state the applicable law, outline the jury's function and be clear in how the jury should apply the legal principles charged to the facts of the case at hand.” 5
3 State v. Savage
nj · 2002
green “regularly have noted the importance of tailoring the jury charge to the facts of the case” 4

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