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STATE v. SIMS

140 N.J. Super. 164 (1976)

355 A.2d 695

STATE OF NEW JERSEY, PLAINTIFF-RESPONDENT, v. ROBERT SIMS, ROBERT JAMES BROWN AND MICHAEL HIGHTOWER, DEFENDANTS-APPELLANTS.

Superior Court of New Jersey, Appellate Division.

Decided March 8, 1976.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. James K. Smith, Jr., Assistant Deputy Public Defender, argued the cause for appellant Sims (Mr. Stanley C. Van Ness, Public Defender, attorney).

Ms. Marianne Nelson, designated counsel, submitted a brief on behalf of appellant Brown (Mr. Stanley C. Van Ness, Public Defender, attorney; Mr. Edward Carl Broege, designated counsel, of counsel and on the brief).

Mr. Stephen Apollo, designated counsel, argued the cause for appellant Hightower (Mr. Stanley C. Van Ness, Public Defender, attorney).

Mr. Marc J. Friedman, Special Deputy Attorney General, argued the cause for respondent (Mr. William F. Hyland, Attorney General, attorney).

Before Judges LYNCH, LARNER and HORN.

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

Defendants appeal from their convictions, following a consolidated trial, for several crimes which arose out of an incident wherein Police Officers Donald Alexander and John Walsh of the Trenton Police Department were shot but, fortunately, did not die.

Defendants Sims and Hightower were found guilty of attempted murder and atrocious assault and battery on Officer Walsh, of aiding and abetting the attempted...

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