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SINGER v. STATE

63 N.J. 319 (1973)

307 A.2d 94

STEVEN SINGER, a/k/a KENNETH ASCHAUER, PLAINTIFF-RESPONDENT, v. STATE OF NEW JERSEY, DEFENDANT-PETITIONER.

The Supreme Court of New Jersey.

Decided July 5, 1973.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Michael S. Bokar, Deputy Attorney General, argued the cause for petitioner (Mr. Stephen Skillman, Assistant Attorney General, of counsel; Mr. George F. Kugler, Jr., Attorney General of New Jersey, attorney).

Mr. Gerald T. Foley, Jr., Deputy Public Defender, argued the cause for respondent (Mr. Stanley C. Van Ness, Public Defender, attorney).

PER CURIAM.

Plaintiff, age 21, has a long history of mental illness. He escaped from a New York State mental hospital and came to the City of Newark where he was taken into custody. Because of his illness he was committed to the Trenton Psychiatric Hospital. There, we are told, he attacked a retarded patient who died as a result. No criminal charge was leveled, and this because of plaintiff's evident insanity, "schizophrenia, chronic undifferentiated type." He is...

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