STATE v. POTEET


61 N.J. 493 (1972)

295 A.2d 857

STATE OF NEW JERSEY, PLAINTIFF-RESPONDENT, v. OSCAR POTEET, DEFENDANT-APPELLANT.

The Supreme Court of New Jersey.

Decided October 24, 1972.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Edward J. Dimon, Assistant Deputy Public Defender, argued the cause for appellant (Mr. Thomas E. Bracken, Assistant Deputy Public Defender, on the brief; Mr. Stanley C. Van Ness, Public Defender, attorney).

Mr. Francis J. Badach, Assistant Prosecutor, argued the cause for respondent (Mr. R. Benjamin Cohen, Assistant Prosecutor, on the brief; Mr. Joseph P. Lordi, Essex County Prosecutor, attorney).


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

This is a post-conviction proceeding. Poteet and two others were convicted of the armed robbery of a bank. Poteet's conviction was affirmed by the Appellate Division in an unreported opinion, and we denied his petition for certification. 51 N.J. 572 (1968). Poteet instituted the present proceeding advancing claims which could have been raised on the direct appeal and which were...

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