STATE v. STEENSEN


35 N.J. Super. 103 (1955)

113 A.2d 203

THE STATE OF NEW JERSEY, PLAINTIFF-RESPONDENT, v. FLOYD J. STEENSEN, DEFENDANT-APPELLANT.

Superior Court of New Jersey, Appellate Division.

Decided April 6, 1955.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. C. William Caruso, Special Legal Assistant Prosecutor, argued the cause for the respondent (Mr. Charles V. Webb, Jr., Essex County Prosecutor, attorney).

Mr. Philip J. Mylod argued the cause for the appellant.

Before Judges CLAPP, JAYNE and FRANCIS.


The opinion of the court was delivered by FRANCIS, J.A.D.

Appellant was convicted of larceny. His appeal concerns itself primarily with an attack upon the legal propriety of the prosecutor's cross-examination of his character witnesses. Both the form and substance of the interrogation are questioned.

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