STATE OF NEW JERSEY VS. KASON D. HOCKETT
A-2820-13T2
The trial judge excluded defendant's offer and use of evidence that would have challenged the credibility of the State's chief eyewitness to the alleged murder because the judge believed the evidence was obtained through questionable or unscrupulous means. The court reversed and remanded for a new trial, holding that how defendant acquired the evidence had no bearing on its admissibility and that its exclusion — and the limitation the ruling placed on cross-examination of the eyewitness — was clearly capable of producing an unjust result.
