STATE OF NEW JERSEY, PLAINTIFF-RESPONDENT,
v.
VICTOR R. FUNICELLO, DEFENDANT-APPELLANT. STATE OF NEW JERSEY, PLAINTIFF-RESPONDENT,
v.
MARVIN R. MATHIS, DEFENDANT-APPELLANT. STATE OF NEW JERSEY, PLAINTIFF-RESPONDENT,
v.
EUTHER PRESHA AND PHILIP MARTIN RIVERS, DEFENDANTS-APPELLANTS. STATE OF NEW JERSEY, PLAINTIFF-RESPONDENT,
v.
WALTER LEE WHITE, DEFENDANT-APPELLANT. STATE OF NEW JERSEY, PLAINTIFF-RESPONDENT,
v.
THOMAS TRANTINO, DEFENDANT-APPELLANT. STATE OF NEW JERSEY, PLAINTIFF-RESPONDENT,
v.
DANIEL ARTIS, DEFENDANT-APPELLANT. STATE OF NEW JERSEY, PLAINTIFF-RESPONDENT,
v.
JESSE EDWARD WILSON, DEFENDANT-APPELLANT. STATE OF NEW JERSEY, PLAINTIFF-RESPONDENT,
v.
WILBERT SINCLAIR, DEFENDANT-APPELLANT. STATE OF NEW JERSEY, PLAINTIFF-RESPONDENT,
v.
ROBERT T. CONKLIN, DEFENDANT-APPELLANT. STATE OF NEW JERSEY, PLAINTIFF-RESPONDENT,
v.
DANIEL C. KREMENS, DEFENDANT-APPELLANT. STATE OF NEW JERSEY, PLAINTIFF-RESPONDENT,
v.
FREDERICK BENJAMIN THOMPSON, DEFENDANT-APPELLANT.
The Supreme Court of New Jersey.https://leagle.com/images/logo.png
Argued December 20, 1971.
Decided January 17, 1972.
Attorney(s) appearing for the Case
Mr. Stanley C. Van Ness, Public Defender of New Jersey, argued the cause for appellant Funicello (Mr. Gerald T. Foley, Jr., Deputy Public Defender; Mr. Richard Newman; Mr. Jack Greenberg, Mr. Jack Himmelstein, Ms. Elaine R. Jones, and Ms. Mary Lynn Walker, of the New York bar; Mr. Anthony G. Amsterdam, of the District of Columbia bar, on the brief).
Mr. David S. Baime, Assistant Prosecutor, argued the cause for respondent in State v. Funicello (Mr. David Noah Dubrow, Assistant Prosecutor, of counsel and on the brief (Mr. Joseph P. Lordi, Essex County Prosecutor, attorney).
Mr. Barry H. Evenchick, Deputy Attorney General, argued the cause for Attorney General of New Jersey, amicus curiae (Mr. John A. Brogan, Deputy Attorney General, of counsel and on the brief; Mr. George F. Kugler, Jr., Attorney General).
Mr. Herbert I. Waldman, Assistant Deputy Public Defender, appeared on behalf of appellant Mathis (Mr. Waldman, on the brief; Mr. Stanley C. Van Ness, Public Defender, attorney).
Mr. Michael J. Mitzner, Assistant Prosecutor, appeared on behalf of respondent in State v. Mathis (Mr. Elson P. Kendall, Assistant Prosecutor, on the brief; Mr. Karl Asch, Union County Prosecutor, attorney).
Mr. Michael B. Blacker argued the cause for appellant Rivers; Mr. William P. Ries appeared on behalf of appellant Presha (Mr. Stanley C. Van Ness, Public Defender, attorney).
Mr. Michael J. Mitzner, Assistant Prosecutor, argued the cause for respondent in State v. Rivers (Mr. Elson P. Kendall, Assistant Prosecutor, on the brief; Mr. Karl Asch, Union County Prosecutor, attorney).
Mr. William P. Ries argued the cause for appellant White (Mr. Stanley C. Van Ness, Public Defender, attorney).
Mr. David S. Baime, Assistant Prosecutor, argued the cause for respondent in State v. White (Mr. Joseph P. Lordi, Essex County Prosecutor, attorney).
Mr. Jeffrey E. Fogel argued the cause on behalf of appellant Trantino.
Mr. David G. Lucas, Deputy Attorney General, appeared on behalf of respondent in State v. Trantino (Mr. George F. Kugler, Jr., Attorney General, attorney).
Mr. I. Mark Cohen, Assistant Deputy Public Defender, appeared on behalf of appellant Artis (Mr. Stanley C. Van Ness, Public Defender, attorney).
Mr. David S. Baime, Assistant Prosecutor, argued the cause for respondent in State v. Artis (Mr. Joseph P. Lordi, Essex County Prosecutor, attorney).
Mr. David P. Jacobs, Assistant Deputy Public Defender, appeared on behalf of appellant Wilson (Mr. Stanley C. Van Ness, Public Defender, attorney).
Mr. David S. Baime, Assistant Prosecutor, argued the cause on behalf of respondent in State v. Wilson (Mr. Joseph P. Lordi, Essex County Prosecutor, attorney).
Mr. Richard Newman argued the cause for appellant Sinclair (Mr. Stanley C. Van Ness, Public Defender, attorney).
Mr. David S. Baime, Assistant Prosecutor, argued the cause on behalf of respondent in State v. Sinclair (Mr. Joseph P. Lordi, Essex County Prosecutor, attorney).
Mr. Edward M. Weisslitz, Assistant Deputy Public Defender, appeared on behalf of appellant Conklin (Mr. Stanley C. Van Ness, Public Defender, attorney).
Mr. John Corino, Cape May Prosecutor, appeared on behalf of respondent in State v. Conklin.
Mr. Daniel R. Coburn, Assistant Deputy Public Defender, appeared on behalf of appellant Kremens (Mr. Stanley C. Van Ness, Public Defender, attorney).
Mr. Alfred M. Bitting, Assistant Prosecutor, argued the cause for respondent in State v. Kremens (Mr. Dominick J. Ferrelli, Burlington County Prosecutor, attorney).
Mr. Thomas E. Bracken, Assistant Deputy Public Defender, argued the cause for appellant Thompson (Mr. Stanley C. Van Ness, Public Defender, attorney).
Mr. Charles M. Egan, Jr., Morris County Prosecutor, argued the cause for respondent in State v. Thompson.
The Supreme Court of New Jersey.
PER CURIAM.
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