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STATE v. BOWMAN

165 N.J. Super. 531 (1979)

398 A.2d 908

STATE OF NEW JERSEY, PLAINTIFF-RESPONDENT, v. REGINALD BOWMAN, DEFENDANT-APPELLANT.

Superior Court of New Jersey, Appellate Division.

Decided January 30, 1979.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Stanley C. VanNess, Public Defender of New Jersey, attorney for appellant (Ms. Kathryn A. Brock, Assistant Deputy Public Defender, on the brief).

Mr. John J. Degnan, Attorney General of New Jersey, attorney for respondent (Mr. Donald S. Coburn, Essex County Prosecutor, of counsel; Mr. Kenneth Ply, Assistant Prosecutor, on the brief).

Before Judges CONFORD, PRESSLER and KING.

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

Defendant was convicted of murder in the first degree and sentenced to life imprisonment. He appeals, alleging multiple trial errors. There are two circumstances requiring reversal: (1) the prosecutor's statement to the jury on summation that the trial judge had previously found the defendant's two "confessions" to be voluntary; and (2) the trial judge's failure to clearly instruct the jury on the elements of...

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