State of New Jersey, Plaintiff-Appellant v. Kelvin Williams, Defendant-Respondent

Summary

The Supreme Court of New Jersey reversed the Appellate Division’s judgment of acquittal and reinstated Kelvin Williams’s first‑degree robbery conviction, holding that a verbal bomb threat, together with the totality of the circumstances, suffices to show an immediate threat of a deadly weapon and that the State presented sufficient evidence that the teller reasonably believed the defendant was armed.