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STATE v. LAWS

50 N.J. 159 (1967)

233 A.2d 633

THE STATE OF NEW JERSEY, PLAINTIFF-RESPONDENT, v. HORACE NELSON LAWS, DEFENDANT-APPELLANT. THE STATE OF NEW JERSEY, PLAINTIFF-RESPONDENT, v. JOHN WASHINGTON, DEFENDANT-APPELLANT.

The Supreme Court of New Jersey.

Decided September 25, 1967.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Charles L. Bertini argued the cause for appellant Horace Nelson Laws.

Mr. Gerald E. Monaghan argued the cause for appellant John Washington.

Messrs. Richard F. Aronsohn and Thomas J. Gallahue, Jr., Special Assistant Prosecutors, argued the cause for respondent State of New Jersey (Mr. Guy W. Calissi, Bergen County Prosecutor, attorney).

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

The defendants Laws and Washington were indicted, along with others, for conspiring to commit armed robbery and for murder. They were convicted of murder in the first degree and were sentenced to death. They were also convicted on the conspiracy charge but sentence on that was suspended. They appealed to this Court as of right under R.R. 1:2-1(c).

During the early morning hours of April 26, 1965 there...

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