STATE v. DAVIS


116 N.J. 341 (1989)

561 A.2d 1082

STATE OF NEW JERSEY, PLAINTIFF-RESPONDENT, v. STEVEN RAYMOND DAVIS, DEFENDANT-APPELLANT.

The Supreme Court of New Jersey.

Decided August 3, 1989.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Tina R. Boyer, Assistant Deputy Public Defender, and Lois De Julio, First Assistant Deputy Public Defender, argued the cause for appellant (Alfred A. Slocum, Public Defender, attorney).

Cathleen Russo Delanoy, Deputy Attorney General, argued the cause for respondent (Cary Edwards, Attorney General of New Jersey, attorney).


The opinion of the Court was delivered by O'HERN, Justice.

In State v. Biegenwald, 106 N.J. 13 (1987), and State v. Ramseur, 106 N.J. 123 (1987), we determined the constitutionality of New Jersey's capital punishment act, N.J.S.A. 2C:11-3, and established standards for its application. In this case, tried before those decisions, the jury charge failed to comply with the Biegenwald...

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