STATE v. SINGLETARY


80 N.J. 55 (1979)

402 A.2d 203

STATE OF NEW JERSEY, PLAINTIFF-APPELLANT, v. ROBERT SINGLETARY, DEFENDANT-RESPONDENT.

The Supreme Court of New Jersey.

Decided May 23, 1979.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. William F. Lamb, Deputy Attorney General, argued the cause for appellant (Mr. John J. Degnan, Attorney General of New Jersey, attorney).

Mr. H. Richard Chattman, Assistant Deputy Public Defender, argued the cause for respondent (Mr. Stanley C. Van Ness, Public Defender, attorney).


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

The issue raised by this appeal is whether, under the facts of this case, the trial court's refusal to excuse for cause a prospective juror who had been the recent victim of a crime similar in nature to that with which a defendant was charged constituted reversible error, where the juror was subsequently excused through defendant's exercise of a peremptory challenge. The Appellate Division held that in the present...

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