STATE v. SEEFELDT


51 N.J. 472 (1968)

242 A.2d 322

STATE OF NEW JERSEY, PLAINTIFF-RESPONDENT, v. ROBERTA SEEFELDT, DEFENDANT-APPELLANT.

The Supreme Court of New Jersey.

Decided May 6, 1968.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Peter Murray, Public Defender, argued the cause for defendant-appellant (Mr. Richard Newman, Deputy Public Defender, of counsel; Miriam N. Span, Assistant Deputy Public Defender, on the brief).

Mr. Richard A. Grossman, Assistant Prosecutor, argued the cause for plaintiff-respondent (Mr. Robert H. Doherty, Jr., Ocean County Prosecutor; Mr. Richard A. Grossman, Assistant Prosecutor, of counsel and on the brief).


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

After a trial in the Ocean County Court, Roberta Seefeldt was convicted of murder in the first degree for the killing of her husband and, pursuant to the jury's recommendation, was sentenced to life imprisonment. She appealed directly to this Court under former R.R. 1:2-1(c) (Amended October 5, 1967).

The victim, Gerald Seefeldt, was a sergeant in the Marine...

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