STATE OF NEW JERSEY v. JOHN MCLEOD, III

 

NOT FOR PUBLICATION WITHOUT THE

APPROVAL OF THE APPELLATE DIVISION

SUPERIOR COURT OF NEW JERSEY

APPELLATE DIVISION

DOCKET NO. A-4768-05T54768-05T5

STATE OF NEW JERSEY,

Plaintiff-Respondent,

v.

JOHN MCLEOD, III,

Defendant-Appellant.

 

Submitted September 25, 2007 - Decided

 
Before Judges Skillman and Winkelstein.

On appeal from the Superior Court of New Jersey, Law Division, Atlantic County, 0088-05.

John McLeod, III, appellant pro se.

Theodore F. L. Housel, Atlantic County Prosecutor, attorney for respondent (Tracey L. O'Brien, Assistant Prosecutor, of counsel and on the brief).

PER CURIAM

Following a bench trial on November 29, 2005, defendant was convicted in municipal court of trespass, N.J.S.A. 2C:18-3b, and disorderly conduct, N.J.S.A. 2C:33-2a(1). The court imposed a $106 fine on each offense, as well as appropriate court costs and assessments. Defendant appealed to the Superior Court, and, on March 27, 2006, following a trial de novo in the Law Division, Judge Neustadter acquitted defendant of the disorderly conduct charge and found him guilty of trespass. The court imposed a $106 fine and appropriate court costs and assessments. On appeal from that conviction, defendant's primary argument is that he did not have notice that he was on private property and consequently should not have been convicted of trespass.

We have carefully considered defendant's arguments and find them to be without sufficient merit to warrant discussion in a written opinion. R. 2:11-3(e)(2). The Law Division judge's findings were supported by credible evidence in the record. State v. Locurto, 157 N.J. 463, 470-71 (1999). Consequently, we affirm substantially for the reasons expressed by Judge Neustadter in his oral decision on March 27, 2006.

Affirmed.

 

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