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APONTE v. STATE

30 N.J. 441 (1959)

153 A.2d 665

JUAN RIVERA APONTE, PLAINTIFF-APPELLANT, v. STATE OF NEW JERSEY, DEFENDANT-RESPONDENT.

The Supreme Court of New Jersey.

Argued June 2, 1959.

Decided July 10, 1959.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Nathaniel Rogovoy argued the cause for plaintiff-appellant (Messrs. Nathaniel Rogovoy and Paul Van Embden, attorneys; Mr. Nathaniel Rogovoy, of counsel).

Mr. N. Douglas Russell, Assistant County Prosecutor, argued the cause for defendant-respondent (Mr. Joseph H. Tuso, County Prosecutor, attorney).

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

Juan Rivera Aponte, a native of Puerto Rico, migrated to New Jersey in August 1953 and obtained work as a farm laborer at Vineland. Early in 1956, to improve himself, he wrote for an English-Spanish dictionary. In response, he received advertisements of books on black magic. He purchased them, and thus began a bizarre and macabre story.

He learned that if he prepared a magic circle he could summon the...

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