STATE v. TANSIMORE


3 N.J. 516 (1950)

71 A.2d 169

STATE OF NEW JERSEY, RESPONDENT, v. BUFORD TANSIMORE, DEFENDANT-APPELLANT.

The Supreme Court of New Jersey.

Decided January 23, 1950.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Isidor Kalisch argued the cause for appellant (Mr. Jerome B. Litvak, attorney).

Mr. Duane E. Minard, Jr., argued the cause for the State (Mr. Edward Caulkin and Mr. C. William Caruso on the brief).


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

The appellant appeals from a conviction of murder in the first degree. The trial jury not having returned a recommendation of life imprisonment, the death penalty was imposed under the statute.

The fatal shooting occurred on Sandford Avenue in the City of Newark in the early morning of September 4, 1948. The defendant does not deny the shooting of Nettie Waters...

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