STATE v. STARLING


188 N.J. Super. 127 (1983)

456 A.2d 125

STATE OF NEW JERSEY, PLAINTIFF, v. SAMUEL STARLING, DEFENDANT.

Superior Court of New Jersey, Law Division (Criminal), Union County.

Decided January 10, 1983.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Eleanor Clark, Assistant Prosecutor for plaintiff.

Howard Sims for defendant.


MENZA, J.D.C. (temporarily assigned).

This is a motion to suppress a confession made by defendant. The question is whether a confession made in response to a promise made by an assistant prosecutor renders the confession involuntary, where the promise was in the first instance elicited by defendant. This is a case of first impression in New Jersey.

Defendant has confessed in 14 separate statements, each made immediately after the other, to the commission of...

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