STATE v. LA PORTE


62 N.J. 312 (1973)

301 A.2d 146

STATE OF NEW JERSEY, PLAINTIFF-APPELLANT, v. ANTHONY JOHN LA PORTE, DEFENDANT-RESPONDENT AND CROSS-APPELLANT.

The Supreme Court of New Jersey.

Decided March 5, 1973.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Ralph J. Jabbour, Assistant Prosecutor, argued the cause for appellant (Mr. Joseph P. Lordi, Essex County Prosecutor, attorney).

Mrs. Rosemary K. Reavey, Assistant Deputy Public Defender, argued the cause for respondent and cross-appellant (Mr. Stanley C. Van Ness, Public Defender, attorney).


The opinion of the Court was delivered by SULLIVAN, P.J.A.D., Temporarily Assigned.

Following a jury trial, defendant was convicted of the armed robbery of David W. Leuice, an employee of the American Finance Corporation in Belleville. On appeal the Appellate Division, although it found overwhelming evidence of defendant's guilt of such charge, reversed his conviction on the ground that "the jurors could not avoid being prejudiced" by the improper disclosure during...

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