STATE v. HALE


116 N.J. Super. 106 (1971)

281 A.2d 106

STATE OF NEW JERSEY, v. MATTHEW J. HALE, JR., DEFENDANT-PETITIONER.

Superior Court of New Jersey, Law Division — Criminal.

Decided August 23, 1971.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Dominick J. Ferrelli, Prosecutor for Burlington County, for State.

Mr. George H. Barbour for defendant-petitioner.


MARTINO, A.J.S.C.

Petitioner Matthew James Hale, Jr. was charged and tried for the murder of his wife on or about midnight, May 28, 1961. On June 29, 1962 a jury returned a verdict of guilty in the first degree with a recommendation of life imprisonment. Petitioner was thereupon committed to the New Jersey State Prison and has since been transferred to Leesburg Prison where he is now confined.

A direct appeal to the Supreme Court of New Jersey resulted in...

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