STATE v. ODOM


113 N.J. Super. 186 (1971)

273 A.2d 379

STATE OF NEW JERSEY, PLAINTIFF-RESPONDENT, v. WALLACE SOLOMON ODOM, DEFENDANT-APPELLANT, AND ALFRED RAVENELL, DEFENDANT.

Superior Court of New Jersey, Appellate Division.

Decided January 27, 1971.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Richard T. Sweeney, Assistant Deputy Public Defender, argued the cause for appellant (Mr. Stanley C. Van Ness, Public Defender, attorney; Mr. Joseph A. Abbott, Assistant Deputy Public Defender, of counsel and on the brief).

Mr. Elson P. Kendall, Assistant Prosecutor, argued the cause for respondent (Mr. Karl Asch, Union County Prosecutor, attorney; Mr. Kendall, on the brief).

Before Judges KILKENNY, HALPERN and LANE.


The opinion of the court was delivered by LANE, J.A.D.

Odom appeals from an order denying his second petition for post-conviction relief.

On June 13, 1963 he was found guilty of murder in the first degree of two persons with recommendations for life imprisonment and sentenced to concurrent life sentences. Ravenell appealed the conviction. The facts surrounding the crimes are set forth in the opinion of the Supreme Court and need not be repeated here. State...

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