A New Jersey criminal law meant to keep adult entertainment businesses away from residential neighborhoods is not a strict liability offense but requires knowledge of unlawful proximity, a New Jersey appeals court ruled Feb. 10 in a case of first impression.
The appeals court in State v. Eldakroury construed a state law that makes it a fourth-degree crime to operate a sexually oriented business within 1,000 feet of “any area zoned for residential use.”
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