STATE v. GOSSER


50 N.J. 438 (1967)

236 A.2d 377

STATE OF NEW JERSEY, PLAINTIFF-RESPONDENT, v. JOHN WESLEY GOSSER, DEFENDANT-APPELLANT

The Supreme Court of New Jersey.

Decided November 27, 1967.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Marvin D. Perskie for defendant-appellant (Messrs. Perskie and Perskie, attorneys).

Mr. William J. Hughes, First Assistant County Prosecutor, for plaintiff-respondent (Mr. James A. O'Neill, Cape May County Prosecutor, attorney).


The opinion of the court was delivered PER CURIAM.

Defendant appeals from a conviction for second degree murder in the shot-gun slaying of his wife at their home in Sea Isle City, Cape May County, on November 5, 1965. The sentence was 12 to 20 years imprisonment.

The State's proofs made it abundantly clear that defendant committed the act. This he never challenged, although insisting that the prosecution prove its case. He did not take the stand. There were...

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