STATE v. WADE


40 N.J. 27 (1963)

190 A.2d 657

STATE OF NEW JERSEY, PLAINTIFF-RESPONDENT, v. JOHN WADE, DEFENDANT, AND NATHANIEL WADE, DEFENDANT-APPELLANT.

The Supreme Court of New Jersey.

Decided May 6, 1963.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Jacob L. Bernstein, attorney, argued the cause for defendant-appellant (Mr. J. Theodore Abrams, on the brief).

Mr. Archibald Kreiger, Assistant Prosecutor of Passaic County, argued the cause for plaintiff-respondent (Mr. John G. Thevos, Prosecutor of Passaic County, attorney).


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

Appellant, Nathaniel Wade, was convicted of first degree murder, with a recommendation of life imprisonment, and appeals as of right. The State charged that the Wade brothers, John and Nathaniel, drove from Connecticut to Paterson on March 3, 1960, to meet James Knox, with whom they planned the robbery of Harry Eckstein, a tavern owner. In the course of the robbery, the...

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