STATE v. PILLO


15 N.J. 99 (1954)

104 A.2d 50

STATE OF NEW JERSEY, PLAINTIFF-RESPONDENT, v. PATSY PILLO, DEFENDANT-APPELLANT.

The Supreme Court of New Jersey.

Reargued February 23, 1954.

Decided March 29, 1954.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Joseph Tomaselli argued the cause for appellant (Messrs. Malandra & Tomaselli, attorneys).

Mr. Joseph A. Murphy argued the cause for respondent (Mr. Theodore D. Parsons, Attorney-General of New Jersey, attorney).


The opinion of the court was delivered by WILLIAM J. BRENNAN, JR., J.

The Constitution of 1947 empowers the Chief Justice to assign any county judge "to sit temporarily in the Superior Court," Art. XI, Sec. IV, par. 5. In the instant case a judgment of conviction for criminal contempt was entered in a Superior Court proceeding presided over by a county judge whose authority to preside was not questioned by the defendant at any time during the...

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