STATE v. CULVER


23 N.J. 495 (1957)

129 A.2d 715

STATE OF NEW JERSEY, PLAINTIFF-RESPONDENT, v. JAMES CULVER, DEFENDANT-APPELLANT.

The Supreme Court of New Jersey.

Decided March 4, 1957.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Gene King argued the cause for the appellant.

Mr. Robert O. Brokaw, Assistant Prosecutor for Somerset County argued the cause for the respondent (Mr. Leon Gerofsky, County Prosecutor for Somerset County).


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

This is an appeal by the defendant from the unanimous affirmance by the Appellate Division of the judgment of the Somerset County Court correcting life sentences illegally imposed upon the defendant in 1947.

Briefly, the facts are these: On December 23, 1947 the defendant was brought before the Somerset County Court of Special Sessions to answer to three separate allegations, each charging in one count...

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