STATE v. THOMPSON


142 N.J. Super. 274 (1976)

361 A.2d 104

STATE OF NEW JERSEY, PLAINTIFF-RESPONDENT, v. JOHN EARL THOMPSON, DEFENDANT-APPELLANT.

Superior Court of New Jersey, Appellate Division.

Decided June 10, 1976.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

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

Mr. Benjamin D. Leibowitz, Deputy Attorney General, argued the cause for plaintiff-respondent (Mr. William F. Hyland, Attorney General, attorney; Mr. Richard J. Engelhardt, Deputy Attorney General, of counsel and on the brief).

Before Judges LYNCH, LARNER and HORN.


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

After a jury trial defendant was convicted of rape (N.J.S.A. 2A:138-1), atrocious assault and battery (N.J.S.A. 2A:90-1) and robbery (N.J. S.A. 2A:141-1). The court sentenced him to aggregate terms of 18 to 35 years in State Prison.

Among the appellate contentions asserted by defendant are: (1) he was deprived of his Sixth...

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