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STATE v. MELVIN

65 N.J. 1 (1974)

319 A.2d 450

STATE OF NEW JERSEY, PLAINTIFF-RESPONDENT, v. BELVIN MELVIN, DEFENDANT-APPELLANT.

The Supreme Court of New Jersey.

Decided May 8, 1974.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Carl R. Lobel, Assistant Deputy Public Defender, argued the cause for appellant (Mr. Stanley C. Van Ness, Public Defender, attorney; Mr. Melvin Randall, Assistant Deputy Public Defender, and Mr. Lobel, of counsel and on the brief).

Mr. Bruce M. Schragger, Mercer County Prosecutor, argued the cause for respondent (Mr. Randolph D. Norris, Assistant Prosecutor, and Mr. Charles D. Stark, Assistant Prosecutor, of counsel and on the brief).

The opinion of the court was delivered by CLIFFORD, J.

From a judgment of conviction of murder in the first degree after a jury trial and the consequent sentence of life imprisonment defendant appealed to the Appellate Division. His conviction was reversed and the case remanded for a new trial. The single ground for reversal, set forth in an unreported opinion, was the admission of testimony indirectly revealing the operator's interpretation of the result of a polygraph...

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