STATE v. ROMA


140 N.J. Super. 582 (1976)

357 A.2d 45

STATE OF NEW JERSEY, PLAINTIFF, v. THOMAS ROMA, DEFENDANT.

Superior Court of New Jersey, Law Division (Criminal).

Decided March 17, 1976.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Messrs. Shanley & Fisher, attorneys for Roland Reed, Ph.D. (Mr. Patrick Silva, appearing).

Messrs. Farber, Hughes & Krause, attorneys for defendant (Mr. John J. Hughes, appearing).

Mr. James T. O'Halloran, Hudson County Prosecutor, for the State. (Mr. William T. Petrina, Assistant Prosecutor, appearing).


YOUNG, J.C.C. Temporarily Assigned.

Should the statutory privilege granted marriage counselors be recognized when interposed in response to process served by both the prosecutor and defense counsel to compel the testimony and records of a counselor for use at a hearing on defendant's competency to stand trial on a charge of murder? N.J.S.A. 45:8B-29. This is the issue presented on the application of Roland Reed, Ph.D., a licensed marriage counselor, to quash...

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