Opinion
C-86 September Term 2021 085795
10-08-2021
STATE of New Jersey, Plaintiff, v. Mykal L. DERRY, a/k/a Mykac Derry, Mykel Derry, and Stevens Mykel, Defendant. State of New Jersey, Plaintiff-Respondent, v. Malik Derry, a/k/a Malik F. Derry, and Mykell Watson, Defendant-Petitioner.
ORDER
A petition for certification of the judgment in A-1125/1643-18 having been submitted to this Court, and the Court having considered the same;
It is ORDERED that the petition for certification is granted, limited to defendants' challenge to (1) the denial of the motion to dismiss based on defendants' sentencing in a preceding federal case, and (2) the admission of testimony by a witness defining slang terms without the witness having been qualified as an expert. Certification is denied as to all other issues; and it is further
ORDERED that the appellant may electronically serve and file a supplemental brief on or before November 22, 2021, and respondent may electronically serve and file a supplemental brief thirty (30) days after the filing of appellant's supplemental submission, or, if appellant declines to file such a submission, on or before December 22, 2021.