STATE OF NEW JERSEY VS. DANUWELI M. KELLER STATE OF NEW JERSEY VS. ABDUTAWAB KIAZOLU STATE OF NEW JERSEY VS. PHOBUS E. SULLIVAN (17-01-0009 AND 17-12-0801, MERCER COUNTY AND STATEWIDE) (CONSOLIDATED)


NOT FOR PUBLICATION WITHOUT THE APPROVAL OF THE APPELLATE DIVISION This opinion shall not "constitute precedent or be binding upon any court ." Although it is posted on the internet, this opinion is binding only on the parties in the case and its use in other cases is limited. R. 1:36-3. SUPERIOR COURT OF NEW JERSEY APPELLATE DIVISION DOCKET NO. A-1623-17 A-3672-17 A-4177-17 STATE OF NEW JERSEY, Plaintiff-Respondent, v. DANUWELI M. KELLER, Defendant-Appellant. _______________________ STATE OF NEW JERSEY, Plaintiff-Respondent, v. ABDUTAWAB KIAZOLU, Defendant-Appellant. ________________________ STATE OF NEW JERSEY, Plaintiff-Respondent, v. PHOBUS E. SULLIVAN, Defendant-Appellant. _______________________ Submitted November 30, 2020 – Decided December 10, 2021 Before Judges Sabatino, Gooden Brown, and DeAlmeida. On appeal from the Superior Court of New Jersey, Law Division, Mercer County, Indictment Nos. 17-01-0009 and 11-12-1209,1 and Accusation No. 17-12-0801. Joseph E. Krakora, Public Defender, attorney for appellant Danuweli M. Keller (Michael Confusione, Designated Counsel, on the brief). Joseph E. Krakora, Public Defender, attorney for appellant Abdutawab Kiazolu (Michele E. Friedman, Assistant Deputy Public Defender, of counsel and on the brief). Joseph E. Krakora, Public Defender, attorney for appellant Phobus E. Sullivan (John Vincent Saykanic, Designated Counsel, on the brief). Angelo J. Onofri, Mercer County Prosecutor, attorney for respondent in A-1623-17 (Lauren Martinez, Assistant Prosecutor, of counsel and on the brief). Angelo J. Onofri, Mercer County Prosecutor, attorney for respondent in A-3672-17 and A-4177-17 (Brittany Saxton, Assistant Prosecutor, of counsel and on the briefs). 1 Indictment No. 17-01-0009 supersedes Indictment No. 11-12-1209. A-1623-17 2 Appellant, Danuweli M. Keller, filed a pro se supplemental brief.2 The opinion of the court was delivered by GOODEN BROWN, J.A.D. Defendant Danuweli M. Keller and others were charged in connection with the kidnapping, robbery, and murder of Dar Dar Paye, 3 and the kidnapping and robbery of Alfonso Slaughter. Following a jury trial, Keller was convicted of most of the charges related to Paye, including murder, and witness tampering related to Slaughter. The jury hung on the remaining charges. Keller was sentenced to an aggregate term of sixty-one years' imprisonment, fifty-six years of which are subject to an eighty-five percent period of parole ineligibility pursuant to the No Early Release Act (NERA), N.J.S.A. 2C:43-7.2. At trial, the State alleged that in late 2010, Keller and several codefendants abducted Slaughter, held him at gunpoint in the basement of a house, restrained him and robbed him, but Slaughter managed to escape. A little over two months later, the men abducted Paye, held him at gunpoint in the basement of the same house, restrained him and robbed him. However, unlike Slaughter, Paye was 2 Although the brief is labeled "[r]eplied" brief, we consider it a supplemental brief. 3 Dar Dar alternately appears as Dardar in the record. A-1623-17 3 fatally shot in the head by Keller, wrapped in garbage bags, and placed in the trunk of Paye's car, a Buick LeSabre. Thereafter, Keller and his cohorts drove the Buick and two other vehicles during a high-speed chase, eluding police who attempted to conduct a motor …

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