TRANTINO v. DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS


168 N.J. Super. 220 (1979)

402 A.2d 947

THOMAS TRANTINO, APPELLANT, v. DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS, RESPONDENT. RALPH DAVIS, APPELLANT v. DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS, RESPONDENT. JOHN WASHINGTON, APPELLANT, v. DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS, RESPONDENT.

Superior Court of New Jersey, Appellate Division.

Decided May 15, 1979.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Joseph M. Finnin argued the cause for appellant Thomas Trantino (Messrs. Lowenstein, Sandler, Brochin, Kohl & Fisher, attorneys).

Ms. Leigh Bienen, Assistant Deputy Public Defender, argued the cause for appellants Ralph Davis and John Washington (Mr. Stanley C. Van Ness, Public Defender, attorney; Mr. Ezra D. Rosenberg, Assistant Deputy Public Defender, of counsel, and Ms. Bienen on the brief).

Ms. Janice S. Mironov, Deputy Attorney General, argued the cause for respondent (Mr. John J. Degnan, Attorney General of New Jersey, attorney; Ms. Erminie L. Conley, Assistant Attorney General, of counsel, and Ms. Mironov on the brief).

Before Judges LORA, MICHELS and LARNER.


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

Appellants Thomas Trantino, Ralph Davis and John Washington, State Prison inmates whose death sentences were commuted to life imprisonment under our Supreme Court's order in State v. Funicello, 60 N.J. 60 (1972), cert. den. sub nom. New Jersey v. Presha, 408 U.S. 942, 92 S.Ct. 2849, 33 L.Ed.2d 766 ...

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