Jose Fuentes Archives - New Jersey Globe

Murphy still has no N.J. Supreme Court news on first day of judicial session

September 1, 2022 2:56 pmSeptember 7, 2022 12:39 am

It’s December 2023. President Joe Biden isn’t running for re-election, and New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy is one of 26 Democrats running to succeed him. On a debate stage in South Carolina, moderator Steve Kornacki tees up the question Murphy’s...

Rabner exhorts governor, legislature to address Supreme Court vacancies

May 20, 2022 10:44 amMay 20, 2022 12:49 pm

With one seat on the seven-member New Jersey Supreme Court vacant, another occupied by a temporary replacement judge, and a third held by a permanent justice who will hit the mandatory retirement age in seven weeks, Chief Justice Stuart Rabner...

Temporary Supreme Court Justice who was deciding vote on cop killer release got to the bench as part of an old-fashioned political deal

May 16, 2022 12:40 amMay 16, 2022 5:12 pm

When the New Jersey Supreme Court ordered the release of a notorious cop killer last week, the deciding vote was cast by Jose L. Fuentes, a onetime Hudson County political insider with ambitions for high public office, who is on...

N.J. Supreme Court orders release of Sundiata Acoli, who killed state trooper in 1973

May 10, 2022 12:03 pm

On a 3-2 vote, the New Jersey Supreme Court today ordered the release on parole of Sundiata Acoli, a former Black Panther who infamously killed New Jersey State Trooper Werner Foerster in 1973. The decision comes after a long process...

The N.J. Supreme Court might have three vacancies by July. Does anyone care?

April 18, 2022 5:55 pmApril 18, 2022 11:48 pm

With New Jersey Supreme Court Justice Barry Albin set to hit the mandatory retirement age of 70 on July 7, it’s possible that the state’s highest court will soon have only four permanent members, down from seven. Yet despite the...

Fuentes will serve as 7th N.J. Supreme Court Justice until LaVecchia replacement is confirmed

January 3, 2022 9:43 amJanuary 3, 2022 1:12 pm

Superior Court Judge Jose L. Fuentes will serve on the New Jersey Supreme Court on a temporary basis until a replacement for Justice Jaynee LaVecchia is confirmed by the State Senate, Chief Justice Stuart Rabner announced on Monday. Fuentes is...

Justice LaVecchia won’t extend retirement, leaving Supreme Court on December 31

December 17, 2021 2:48 pm

New Jersey Supreme Court Justice Jaynee LaVecchia will retire on December 31, the New Jersey Globe has confirmed. LaVecchia announced on March 8 that she would step down on August 30 and Gov. Phil Murphy nominated Rachel Wainer Apter to replace her one...