STATE IN INTEREST OF R.G.W.


135 N.J. Super. 125 (1975)

342 A.2d 869

STATE OF NEW JERSEY, IN THE INTEREST OF R.G.W., JUVENILE-APPELLANT.

Superior Court of New Jersey, Appellate Division.

Decided June 30, 1975.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

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

Mr. John P. Goceljak, Assistant Prosecutor, argued the cause for respondent (Mr. Joseph D.J. Gourley, Passaic County Prosecutor, attorney).

Before Judges MATTHEWS, FRITZ and BOTTER.


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

Defendant, a juvenile, confessed to a brutal murder in which he, a newsboy, stabbed a female patron from whom he was collecting, some 36 times. He was formally charged with juvenile delinquency.

Two competency hearings were held, the first on February 25, 1974 and the second on May 10, 1974. In each case, the juvenile was adjudged unable to stand trial...

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