STATE v. MORGENSTEIN


141 N.J. Super. 518 (1976)

358 A.2d 847

STATE OF NEW JERSEY, PLAINTIFF, v. LEE MORGENSTEIN, DEFENDANT.

Superior Court of New Jersey, Law Division.

Decided April 7, 1976.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Donald R. Conway, attorney for defendant (Mr. Robert J. Cohan on the brief).

Mr. Joseph C. Woodcock, Bergen County Prosecutor, attorney for plaintiff (Mr. Ronald Schwartz, Assistant Prosecutor, of counsel).

Mr. Vincent P. Rigolosi, Bergen County Counsel, for Bergen County (Mr. John Langan, Assistant County Counsel, of counsel; Mr. Dean F. Lynch, Assistant County Counsel, on the brief and of counsel).


MALECH, J.S.C.

Defendant was convicted of first degree murder (N.J.S.A. 2A:113-2). The conviction arises from a fatal shooting that occurred on July 8, 1975. At the time of the homicide defendant was 17 years of age. He is now 18 years of age. Trial of the case was with a jury in the Law Division, the case having been transferred from the Juvenile Court.

Defendant's sole contention is that the county should assume the costs of procuring the trial transcript...

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