STATE v. JACKSON


43 N.J. 148 (1964)

203 A.2d 1

STATE OF NEW JERSEY, PLAINTIFF-RESPONDENT, v. M.C. JACKSON AND ALFRED RAVENELL, DEFENDANTS-APPELLANTS.

The Supreme Court of New Jersey.

Decided July 31, 1964.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. John R. Tozzi argued the cause for appellant M.C. Jackson (Mr. Irving M. Hirsh, of counsel and on the brief).

Mr. Calvin J. Hurd argued the cause for appellant Alfred Ravenell (Mr. Alfred M. Wolin, of counsel).

Mr. Ralph DeVita, Assistant Prosecutor, argued the cause for respondent (Mr. H. Douglas Stine, Union County Prosecutor, attorney; Mr. S. David Levy, Assistant Prosecutor, of counsel and on the brief).


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

The defendants were found guilty of murder in the first degree and were sentenced to death. They appealed to this Court as of right. R.R. 1:2-1(c).

On June 5, 1962 the deceased Karl Teitelbaum was brutally murdered in Elizabeth. On July 20, 1962 Barbara Jean Jeter reported to the Elizabeth police that she knew who had committed the murder. She signed a verified statement implicating the defendants...

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