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November 4, 2010

Office of The Attorney General
- Paula T. Dow, Attorney General
Division of Criminal Justice
- Stephen J. Taylor, Director

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Paterson Man Pleads Guilty to Sexual Assault on Child

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TRENTON - Attorney General Paula T. Dow and Criminal Justice Director Stephen J. Taylor announced that a Paterson man pleaded guilty today to sexually assaulting a girl who was under the age of 13.

According to Director Taylor, Paul Smith, 43, of Paterson, pleaded guilty to first-degree aggravated sexual assault before Superior Court Judge Marilyn C. Clark in Passaic County. The state will recommend that Smith be sentenced to 12 years in state prison. The judge scheduled sentencing for Smith for Jan. 7.

In pleading guilty, Smith admitted that between 1999 and 2001, he sexually assaulted a girl under the age of 13 on at least two occasions. Smith was sentenced to prison in 2007 in the case, after being convicted at trial of sexual assault and endangering the welfare of a child. However, that conviction was overturned by the New Jersey Supreme Court based a legal ruling made during the trial.

Deputy Attorney General Annmarie Taggart prosecuted the case and took the plea today for the Division of Criminal Justice.

The investigation was coordinated by State Investigator LaMonica Cross, Taggart and Deputy Attorney General Dermot O’Grady. The Division of Criminal Justice superseded the Passaic County Prosecutor’s Office to prosecute the case due to a conflict of interest.

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