STATE v. HOWARD


192 N.J. Super. 571 (1983)

471 A.2d 796

STATE OF NEW JERSEY, PLAINTIFF-RESPONDENT, v. MAURICE HOWARD, DEFENDANT-APPELLANT. STATE OF NEW JERSEY, PLAINTIFF-RESPONDENT, v. LAWRENCE WOODWARD, DEFENDANT-APPELLANT. STATE OF NEW JERSEY, PLAINTIFF-RESPONDENT, v. KENNETH THOMPSON, DEFENDANT-APPELLANT.

Superior Court of New Jersey, Appellate Division.

Decided December 12, 1983.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joseph H. Rodriguez, Public Defender of New Jersey, attorney for appellant Maurice Howard (E. Carl Broege and Roger A. Solomon, Assistant Deputy Public Defenders, of counsel and on the brief).

George L. Schneider, Essex County Prosecutor, attorney for respondent in Howard (Stephen F. Smith, Jr., Assistant Essex County Prosecutor, of counsel; Hilary L. Brunell, Assistant Prosecutor, on the brief).

Ronald G. Rubin, attorney for appellant Lawrence Woodward (Brian S. O'Malley, on the brief).

John B. Mariano, Camden County Prosecutor, attorney for respondent in Woodward (Dennis G. Wixted, Assistant Prosecutor, of counsel and on the briefs).

Joseph H. Rodriguez, Public Defender of New Jersey, attorney for appellant Kenneth Thompson (Leonard S. Baker, Assistant Deputy Public Defender, of counsel).

John B. Mariano, Camden County Prosecutor, attorney for respondent in Thompson (Arnold Golden, Assistant Prosecutor, of counsel and on the brief).

Before Judges MATTHEWS, COLEMAN and GAULKIN.


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

We have before us three motions for leave to appeal rulings of trial judges which, it is claimed in each case, restricted the rights of each of the defendants who is charged with capital murder from freely questioning potential jurors on voir dire. We grant leave to appeal, and having received the briefs and appendices from counsel, proceed to dispose of the issue before us. R. 2:11-2.

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