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# Robert E. Lytle

New Jersey Superior Court, Mercer Vicinage · Criminal Judge

## Profile

- Court: New Jersey Superior Court, Mercer Vicinage
- State: New Jersey
- Role: Criminal Judge
- Service status: active
- Last verified: 2026-07-26

## Summary

Official statewide and applicable court procedural guidance applies to this judge.

## Before you appear

- Read the judge-specific standing order first when one is listed.
- Check the docket and case orders for requirements that supersede broader guidance.
- Confirm current remote-access and courtroom technology arrangements before the proceeding.

## Courtroom Rules

### media access and electronic devices

Scope: statewide

New Jersey statewide Supreme Court guidelines govern media access and electronic devices in courtrooms; recording, photography, broadcasting, and transmission require compliance with the published approval process and courtroom restrictions.

Evidence excerpt: Transmission, broadcasting, recording and/or photographing is prohibited at any proceeding closed by court order, statute, or Rule of Court.

[New Jersey Courts](https://www.njcourts.gov/sites/default/files/notices/2024/07/n240723a.pdf)
Source checked: 2026-07-26


## Sources

- [Official profile](https://www.njcourts.gov/public/directories/judges/all)
- [Official roster](https://www.njcourts.gov/public/directories/judges/all)
- [New Jersey Courts official judicial roster](https://www.njcourts.gov/public/directories/judges/all)
- [New Jersey Courts](https://www.njcourts.gov/sites/default/files/notices/2024/07/n240723a.pdf)

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## Biography

### Professional career

- Before becoming a judge, Lytle served 10 years as a State and County Prosecutor in Mercer County, later joining the law firm Szaferman Lakind in 2003 as Co-Chair of its Litigation Department.
- He also held roles such as General Counsel for the firm, Deputy Attorney General, and law clerk to a Superior Court judge

### Education



### Additional information

- In July 2026, Judge Lytle sentenced Jose Membreno-Aguilar to 46 years in state prison for ten counts of first-degree aggravated sexual assault and one count of endangering the welfare of a child.
- Robert Lytle was nominated by New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy on June 9, 2022, and confirmed by the New Jersey Senate on June 29, 2022, after unanimous recommendation from the Senate Judiciary Committee.
- He was sworn in on July 8, 2022, and began his judicial duties on July 11, 2022.
- As a Superior Court judge, Lytle presides over cases in the state’s trial courts, including criminal, civil, and family matters, in accordance with New Jersey’s judicial system



## Published courtroom rules

### Shared court rules

- [New Jersey Courts](https://knowjudges.com/courtroom-rules/national-shared-set-c9ef48d54ca091cafd206659) — Scope is limited to the court class in the source claim.  Shared court context only; case-type restrictions, exceptions, later amendments and case orders apply. This is not a personal preference or a complete rules inventory. [Official source](https://www.njcourts.gov/sites/default/files/notices/2024/07/n240723a.pdf). Collected 2026-07-26.