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STATE v. LAWS

51 N.J. 494 (1968)

242 A.2d 333

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 May 6, 1968.

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.

Mr. Guy W. Calissi, Bergen County Prosecutor, argued the cause for respondent State of New Jersey (Mr. Richard F. Aronsohn, Special Assistant Prosecutor, on the brief).

Mr. William J. Brennan, III, Deputy Attorney General, argued the cause on behalf of Mr. Arthur J. Sills, Attorney General of New Jersey, amicus curiae (Mr. Alan B. Handler, First Assistant Attorney General and Mr. Joseph A. Hoffman, Assistant Attorney General, of counsel).

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

The defendants were convicted of murder in the first degree and were sentenced to death. They appealed to this Court and after full consideration we found that their guilt was firmly established in a fair trial free from prejudicial error, apart from a single error which bore not on guilt but on the death sentences alone. 50 N.J. 159, 187 ...

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