The New Jersey Supreme Court affirmed an Appellate Division opinion that allowed jurors to play video evidence in slow motion and agreed with the lower court’s recommendation to change the Model Criminal Jury Charge Committee rule regarding video evidence.
Two brothers, Fuquan and Shaquan Knight, appealed their Essex County Superior Court convictions in State v. Knight for armed robbery and other offenses, according to the high court’s opinion. Their appeals argued that the trial court erred in allowing the jury to watch a surveillance video of the alleged crime multiple times, in slow motion, and pausing the footage.