State v. Cassady, A-94 September Term 2007; Supreme Court; opinion by Rivera-Soto, J.; dissent by Long, J.; decided March 11, 2009. On certification to the Appellate Division, 396 N.J. Super. 392 (App. Div. 2007). [Sat below: Judges Coburn, Fuentes and Grall in the Appellate Division; Judge Donio in the Law Division.] DDS No. 14-1-xxxx [37 pp.]
On Feb. 2, 2004, defendant took a cab to a bank in Atlantic City, approached a teller’s window and demanded that the teller “hurry up” and give him money. Defendant then jumped over the seven-foot bullet-proof glass partition and dropped onto the teller’s counter top. The teller ran, locking herself into an adjacent room. She later explained that she “was so scared I thought he would kill me.” Defendant removed $2,410 from the drawer, jumped back over the partition, left the bank and instructed the cab driver to take him to an automobile dealership. There, in the course of trying to steal a car, he assaulted a car salesman and was arrested.