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STATE v. LAWSON

187 N.J. Super. 25 (1982)

453 A.2d 556

STATE OF NEW JERSEY, PLAINTIFF-RESPONDENT, v. WILLIE LEE LAWSON, DEFENDANT-APPELLANT.

Superior Court of New Jersey, Appellate Division.

Decided August 5, 1982.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Stanley C. Van Ness, Public Defender of New Jersey, attorney for appellant, (Thomas Menchin, Deputy Public Defender, of counsel and Edward S. Peranio on the brief).

Irwin I. Kimmelman, Attorney General of New Jersey, attorney for respondent, (George L. Schneider, Essex County Prosecutor, of counsel and Marc J. Friedman, Deputy Attorney General, on the letter brief).

Before Judges BOTTER, ARD and KING.

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

This case presents the issue of the right of the State to have a bullet surgically removed from a suspect's body for use as evidence in a murder prosecution. Because the issue is important and has not been addressed in this State, we granted defendant's motion for leave to appeal from the Law Division order of May 4, 1982. R. 2:5-6.

That order granted the State the right to proceed by surgical means...

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