STATE v. ALEXANDER


7 N.J. 585 (1951)

83 A.2d 441

STATE OF NEW JERSEY, PLAINTIFF-RESPONDENT, v. McKINLEY ALEXANDER, DEFENDANT-APPELLANT.

The Supreme Court of New Jersey.

Decided September 24, 1951.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Louis C. Friedman argued the cause for appellant.

Mr. Donald G. Collester argued the cause for respondent.


The opinion of the court was delivered by WACHENFELD, J.

This is an appeal in a homicide case in which the defendant was convicted of second-degree murder and sentenced to 18 to 25 years.

The State charges the defendant stabbed the deceased, Daisy Thomas, through the heart with a bread knife and then pushed her through a plate glass window, while the defense contends the death of the deceased was caused not by a knife but by a large piece of plate glass which...

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