STATE v. JONES


130 N.J. Super. 596 (1974)

328 A.2d 41

STATE OF NEW JERSEY, PLAINTIFF, v. LUCIUS JONES, DEFENDANT.

Superior Court of New Jersey, Law Division.

Decided October 22, 1974.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. John W. McFeeley, III, Assistant Prosecutor for the State (Mr. Thomas Shusted, Prosecutor Camden County).

Mr. Murray N. Sufrin for defendant.


KING, J.C.C., Temporarily Assigned.

Defendant is on trial on charges of murder, arson and kidnapping. On the sixth day of trial, while being transported from the courtroom on the second floor to the county jail on the sixth floor by two unarmed court attendants, the handcuffed defendant was exposed to three or more jurors for 15 or 20 seconds while an elevator carrying the jurors opened unexpectedly. No leg shackles were used. Defendant has been neatly groomed, properly...

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