STATE of New Jersey
v.
Pedro SOTO, Delores Braswell, Larnie Boddy, Chauncey Davidson, Milton Lumpkin, Alfred S. Poole, Sam Gant, Donald Crews, Kim Harris, Ocie Norman, Antoine Peters, Floyd Porter, Theotis Williams a/k/a Walter Day, Paul Dacosta, Ronnie Lockhart, Terri Monroe and Kevin Jackson, Defendants.
Superior Court of New Jersey, Law Division, Gloucester County.https://leagle.com/images/logo.png
Decided March 4, 1996.
Decided March 4, 1996.
Attorney(s) appearing for the Case
P. Jeffrey Wintner, Deputy Public Defender I, for defendants Pedro Soto, Delores Braswell, Larnie Boddy, Chauncey Davidson, Milton Lumpkin and Alfred S. Poole (Susan L. Reisner, Public Defender, attorney).
Wayne E. Natale, Deputy Public Defender II, for defendant Sam Gant (Susan L. Reisner, Public Defender, attorney).
Carrie D. Dingle, Assistant Deputy Public Defender I, for defendants Donald Crews, Kim Harris, Ocie Norman, Antoine Peters, Floyd Porter, and Theotis Williams a/k/a Walter Day (Susan L. Reisner, Public Defender, attorney).
William H. Buckman, Moorestown, for defendants Paul DaCosta, Ronnie Lockhart and Terri Monroe.
Justin Loughry, Cherry Hill, for defendant Kevin Jackson (Tomar, Simonoff, Adourian, O'Brien, Kaplan, Jacoby & Graziano, attorneys).
John M. Fahy, Senior Deputy Attorney General (Deborah T. Poritz, Attorney General of New Jersey, attorney) and Brent Hopkins, Assistant Gloucester County Prosecutor (Harris Y. Cotton, Gloucester County Prosecutor, attorney), for the State of New Jersey.
Superior Court of New Jersey, Law Division, Gloucester County.
ROBERT E. FRANCIS, J.S.C.
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