STATE v. DEEGAN


126 N.J. Super. 475 (1974)

315 A.2d 686

STATE OF NEW JERSEY, PLAINTIFF-RESPONDENT, v. JOHN M. DEEGAN, JOSEPH B. STAPLETON, JOHN W. MC LAUGHLIN, ANGELO BEVACQUA, DEFENDANTS-APPELLANTS, AND FRANK L. DE MARCO AND FRANCIS E. RIEMAN, DEFENDANTS.

Superior Court of New Jersey, Appellate Division.

Decided February 6, 1974.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. William P. Verdon argued the cause for appellant John M. Deegan (Messrs. Meyner, Landis and Verdon, attorneys).

Mr. Lawrence P. Brady, Jr. argued the cause for appellant Joseph B. Stapleton.

Mr. Kenneth I. Hyman argued the cause for appellant Angelo Bavacqua (Messrs. Krivit, Levitov, Miller, Galdieri and De Luca, attorneys).

Mr. Patrick D. Conaghan, attorney for appellant John W. McLaughlin, filed a statement in lieu of brief.

Mr. Armand Pohan, Special Deputy Attorney General, argued the cause for respondent (Mr. George F. Kugler, Jr., Attorney General of New Jersey, attorney; Mr. Edwin H. Stern, Special Deputy Attorney General, and John De Cicco, Deputy Attorney General, on the brief).

Before Judges HALPERN, MATTHEWS and BISCHOFF.


The opinion of the court was delivered by HALPERN, P.J.A.D.

This is an appeal by John M. Deegan, Joseph B. Stapleton, John W. McLaughlin and Angelo Bevacqua, four of the five Hudson County Pension Commissioners (Commission), from judgments of conviction entered on a jury verdict finding them guilty of (a) conspiracy to pervert the due administration of the pension laws (N.J.S.A. 43:10-1 et seq. and N.J.S.A. 2A:98-1 and 2), (b) unlawfully assisting...

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