STATE v. McKNIGHT


52 N.J. 35 (1968)

243 A.2d 240

STATE OF NEW JERSEY, PLAINTIFF-RESPONDENT, v. REGINALD McKNIGHT, DEFENDANT-APPELLANT.

The Supreme Court of New Jersey.

Decided June 3, 1968.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Thomas J. Gunning argued the cause for appellant.

Mr. Robert H. Doherty, Jr., Ocean County Prosecutor, argued the cause for respondent.


The opinion of the court was delivered by WEINTRAUB, C.J.

Defendant McKnight was convicted of murder in the first degree and was sentenced to life imprisonment upon a jury's recommendation. N.J.S.A. 2A:113-4. He appealed directly to us under R.R. 1:2-1(c) prior to the amendment of October 5, 1967.

The killing occurred in the course of a holdup. The deceased, Ronald Sandlin, age 18, was an attendant at a service station in Lakewood...

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