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STATE v. THOMPSON

59 N.J. 396 (1971)

283 A.2d 513

STATE OF NEW JERSEY, PLAINTIFF-RESPONDENT, v. FREDERICK BENJAMIN THOMPSON, DEFENDANT-APPELLANT.

The Supreme Court of New Jersey.

Decided November 8, 1971.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Edward F. Kent argued the cause for appellant (Mr. Stanley C. Van Ness, Public Defender, attorney).

Mr. Charles M. Egan, Jr., Morris County Prosecutor, argued the cause for respondent (Mr. Donald G. Collester, Jr., Assistant Prosecutor, of counsel and on the brief; Mr. Charles M. Egan, Jr., attorney).

The opinion of the Court was delivered by FRANCIS, J.

The Grand Jury of Morris County indicted defendant Frederick Thompson for the murder of Dorothy Palmer on Friday, September 29, 1967, in Harding Township of that county. At a jury trial which concluded on November 21, 1968, Thompson was convicted of murder in the first degree. The jury made no recommendation of life imprisonment, and, therefore, pursuant to the statutory mandate, the trial court imposed the death...

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