State of New Jersey, Plaintiff-Respondent v. Roderick S. Darby, Defendant-Appellant

Summary

The Supreme Court of New Jersey reversed the Appellate Division and remanded for a new trial because the trial court improperly admitted other‑crime evidence—both Basim Hobson’s testimony about a separate 7‑11 robbery and a videotape of that robbery—under N.J.R.E. 404(b). The Court held the evidence was inadmissible, the admission was reversible error, and the conviction could not stand.