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MATTER OF NEWSOME

176 N.J. Super. 511 (1980)

424 A.2d 222

IN THE MATTER OF THE COMMITMENT OF ROBERT LEE NEWSOME, APPELLANT.

Superior Court of New Jersey, Appellate Division.

Decided October 31, 1980.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Stanley C. Van Ness, Public Advocate, attorney for appellant (Michael L. Perlin, Director, Division of Mental Health Advocacy; Edgar Devine, Assistant Deputy Public Advocate, of counsel and on the brief).

John J. Degnan, Attorney General, attorney for the State (Donald S. Coburn, Essex County Prosecutor, of counsel; Margaret Ann F. Mullins, Assistant Essex County Prosecutor, on the letter brief).

Before Judges FRITZ, POLOW and JOELSON.

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

On December 31, 1979, following a commitment review hearing1 pursuant to State v. Fields, 77 N.J. 282 (1978) the trial judge ordered that defendant "remain committed to the civil section of Trenton Psychiatric Hospital." Defendant's application for a new trial was denied on January 30, 1980 for the following reasons:

1. That Robert Lee...

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