STATE v. WASHINGTON


165 N.J. Super. 149 (1979)

397 A.2d 1101

STATE OF NEW JERSEY, PLAINTIFF-RESPONDENT v. SALLIE WASHINGTON, DEFENDANT-APPELLANT.

Superior Court of New Jersey, Appellate Division.

Decided January 12, 1979.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Michael Pedicini, designated attorney, argued the cause for appellant (Mr. Stanley C. Van Ness, Public Defender, attorney).

Ms. Susan W. Sciacca, Deputy Attorney General, argued the cause for respondent (Mr. John J. Degnan, Attorney General of New Jersey, attorney).

Before Judges LORA, MICHELS and LARNER.


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

Defendant was tried to a jury and convicted of possession of heroin. A motion for a judgment of acquittal and alternatively for a new trial was denied, and she was sentenced to the Mercer County Detention Center for a term of nine months.

On appeal defendant contends that (1) she was denied a fair trial by virtue of the State's negligent destruction of evidence which precluded defense counsel from effectively...

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