STATE v. DUNNE


124 N.J. 303 (1991)

590 A.2d 1144

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

The Supreme Court of New Jersey.

Decided May 30, 1991.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John David Healy, Designated Counsel, argued the cause for appellant (Wilfredo Caraballo, Public Defender, attorney).

Lisa Sarnoff Gochman, Deputy Attorney General, argued the cause for respondent (Robert J. Del Tufo, Attorney General of New Jersey, attorney).


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

A jury has convicted defendant of a bizarre murder that occurred in the South Mountain Reservation in 1986. The principal ground of appeal before us is that defendant was improperly denied the right to have the charges tried by a judge and not a jury. We hold that there is no unilateral right to a non-jury trial in such circumstances and that the trial court did not abuse its discretion in determining that...

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