STATE v. ROSCUS


16 N.J. 415 (1954)

109 A.2d 1

STATE OF NEW JERSEY, PLAINTIFF-RESPONDENT, v. FRANK J. ROSCUS, DEFENDANT-APPELLANT.

The Supreme Court of New Jersey.

Decided November 15, 1954.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Frank B. Bozza argued the cause for the appellant (Mr. George D. McLaughlin, attorney).

Mr. Charles V. Webb, Jr., Essex County Prosecutor, argued the cause for the respondent (Mr. Maurice J. McKeown, Assistant Prosecutor; Mr. C. William Caruso, on the brief).


The opinion of the court was delivered by VANDERBILT, C.J.

The jury returned a verdict against the defendant of guilty of murder in the first degree without a recommendation of life imprisonment and the mandatory death sentence was imposed by the court.

The facts are not in dispute. The defendant, a shop steward 33 years of age, left his home in Newark at approximately 7:40 on the morning of January 9, 1953, drove his car to the plant and reported to his foreman...

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