STATE v. JOHNSON


37 N.J. 19 (1962)

179 A.2d 1

STATE OF NEW JERSEY, PLAINTIFF-RESPONDENT, v. SYLVESTER JOHNSON, STANLEY CASSIDY AND WAYNE GODFREY, DEFENDANTS-APPELLANTS.

The Supreme Court of New Jersey.

Decided February 26, 1962.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Norman Heine, Camden County Prosecutor, argued the cause for plaintiff-respondent.

Mr. M. Gene Haeberle argued the cause for defendants-appellants.


The opinion of the court was delivered

PER CURIAM.

The defendants were convicted of murder committed in the course of the robbery of their victim, and the jury not having recommended life imprisonment, they were sentenced to death. The judgments were affirmed. State v. Johnson, 31 N.J. 489 (1960).

Subsequently defendants sought a new trial on the ground of newly discovered...

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