STATE v. KOCIOLEK


23 N.J. 400 (1957)

129 A.2d 417

STATE OF NEW JERSEY, PLAINTIFF-RESPONDENT, v. JOHN JOSEPH KOCIOLEK, DEFENDANT-APPELLANT.

The Supreme Court of New Jersey.

Decided February 11, 1957.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Isaac C. Ginsburg argued the cause for appellant.

Mr. David R. Brone, First Assistant Prosecutor, argued the cause for the State (Mr. Lewis P. Scott, County Prosecutor, on the brief).


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

In the Atlantic County Court the defendant Kociolek was convicted by a jury of murder in the first degree without recommendation of life imprisonment, and accordingly was sentenced to death; and the judgment is here for review by direct appeal of right under Article VI, Section V, paragraph 1 (c) of the 1947 Constitution.

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