STATE v. WOLAK


26 N.J. 464 (1958)

140 A.2d 385

STATE OF NEW JERSEY, PLAINTIFF-RESPONDENT, v. ALFRED M. WOLAK, DEFENDANT-APPELLANT.

The Supreme Court of New Jersey.

Decided April 3, 1958.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Archibald Kreiger, Deputy Attorney-General, argued the cause for plaintiff-respondent (Mr. Charles S. Joelson, Deputy Attorney-General, Acting Passaic County Prosecutor, attorney).

Mr. Richard Yale Feder and Mr. Leonard I. Garth argued the cause for defendant-appellant.


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

Defendant Alfred Wolak was convicted of murder in the first degree and, pursuant to the recommendation of the jury, was sentenced to life imprisonment. On this appeal he seeks a reversal of the conviction, charging that the trial court erred (1) in instructing the jury with respect to the nature of the consideration that it could give to evidence of previous convictions of crime, and (2) in admitting into evidence...

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