STATE OF NEW JERSEY, PLAINTIFF-RESPONDENT,
v.
RUBIN CARTER AND JOHN ARTIS, DEFENDANTS-APPELLANTS.
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Argued January 12, 1976.
Decided March 17, 1976.
Attorney(s) appearing for the Case
Mr. Myron Beldock, of the New York bar, argued the cause for appellant Rubin Carter (Mr. Beldock, of counsel; Mr. Beldock, Mr. Lewis M. Steel, Ms. Kathleen Wresien and Ms. Nancy S. Baxter, of the New York bar, on the brief; Messrs. Busch & Busch, attorneys).
Mr. Lewis M. Steel, of the New York bar, argued the cause for appellant John Artis (Mr. Steel, of counsel; Mr. Steel, Mr. Myron Beldock, Ms. Kathleen Wresien and Ms. Nancy S. Baxter, of the New York bar, on the brief; Mr. Jeffrey E. Fogel, attorney).
Mr. Burrell Ives Humphreys, Passaic County Prosecutor, argued the cause for respondent (Mr. John P. Goceljak, Assistant Prosecutor, of counsel and on the brief; Mr. Humphreys, Passaic County Prosecutor, attorney).
Mr. Robert M. Dangel argued the cause for amicus curiae American Civil Liberties Union of New Jersey (Mr. Dangel and Mr. Martin L. Haines, of counsel, Messrs. Haines, Schulze, Wood & Tapper, attorneys).
The Supreme Court of New Jersey.
The opinion of the Court was delivered by SULLIVAN, J.
In May 1967 defendants Rubin Carter and John Artis were convicted of first degree murder on a three-count indictment and were sentenced to terms of life imprisonment. Their convictions were affirmed by this Court, State v. Carter,54 N.J. 436 (1969). The United States Supreme Court denied a petition for a writ of certiorari. Carter...
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