STATE v. CHOICE


98 N.J. 295 (1985)

486 A.2d 833

STATE OF NEW JERSEY, PLAINTIFF-APPELLANT, v. THOMAS CHOICE, DEFENDANT-RESPONDENT.

The Supreme Court of New Jersey.

Decided January 16, 1985.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Linda K. Calloway, Deputy Attorney General, argued the cause for appellant (Irwin I. Kimmelman, Attorney General of New Jersey, attorney).

John DeMassi, Designated Counsel, argued the cause for respondent (Joseph H. Rodriguez, Public Defender, attorney).


The opinion of the Court was delivered by WILENTZ, C.J.

We reverse the Appellate Division and reinstate the conviction and sentence rendered in the trial court.

Defendant, Thomas Choice, was tried and convicted of the murder of his former wife.1 His defense was an alibi — he was somewhere else when decedent was killed. The contrary evidence was that defendant, rebuffed in his attempts...

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