STATE v. PARKER


33 N.J. 79 (1960)

162 A.2d 568

THE STATE OF NEW JERSEY, PLAINTIFF-RESPONDENT, v. HAROLD PARKER, DEFENDANT-APPELLANT.

The Supreme Court of New Jersey.

Decided June 28, 1960.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Joseph A. Hayden argued the cause for the defendant-appellant (Mr. Joseph A. Hayden and Mr. Anthony E. Grasso, attorneys).

Mr. Brendan T. Byrne, Essex County Prosecutor, argued the cause for the plaintiff-respondent (Mr. Donald H. Mintz, on the brief).


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

The defendant Harold Parker was indicted by the Essex County Grand Jury for the murder of Preston Morrell. He was tried and convicted by a jury of murder in the first degree, with a recommendation of life imprisonment. He appeals here as of right, and seeks reversal of his conviction on the grounds that the trial court erred in denying his motion for a judgment of acquittal at the end of the State's case, and that...

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