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STATE v. RAMSEUR

106 N.J. 123 (1987)

524 A.2d 188

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

The Supreme Court of New Jersey.

Decided March 5, 1987.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James K. Smith, Jr., Deputy Public Defender, Lois A. DeJulio, First Assistant Deputy Public Defender, and Matthew Astore, Assistant Deputy Public Defender, argued the cause for appellant (Thomas S. Smith, Jr., Former Acting Public Defender, attorney; James K. Smith, Jr., of counsel; Lois A. DeJulio, Matthew Astore, Judith L. Borman, Jane Ellen Haburay, Claudia Van Wyk, and Patricia Kern, Assistant Deputy Public Defenders, on the briefs).

George L. Schneider, Former Essex County Prosecutor, and Hilary L. Brunell, Former Assistant County Prosecutor, argued the cause for respondent (George L. Schneider, attorney; Hilary L. Brunell, Elizabeth A. Duelly, and Marc J. Friedman, Assistant County Prosecutors, on the briefs).

Marc Feldman, a member of the Virginia and Maryland bars, argued the cause for amici curiae American Civil Liberties Union of New Jersey and NAACP Legal Defense and Education Fund, Inc. (Jeffrey E. Fogel, attorney; Marc Feldman and Robert F. Williams, of counsel and on the brief).

Irwin I. Kimmelman, Former Attorney General of New Jersey, and Debra L. Stone, Deputy Attorney General, argued the cause for amicus curiae Attorney General (Irwin I. Kimmelman, attorney; Debra L. Stone and Anne C. Paskow, Deputy Attorney General, of counsel).

Daniel Crystal, Joseph A. Fortunato, Morton Stavis, and William J. Volonte submitted a brief on behalf of amicus curiae The National Lawyers Guild, New Jersey Chapter.

Stephen M. Latimer submitted a brief on behalf of amicus curiae Rutgers University School of Law — Prison Law Clinic.

Leave to rely on the brief submitted on behalf of The National Lawyers Guild was granted to amicus curiae American Friends Service Committee, New Jersey Justice Program (Norgaard and Scher, attorneys), and amicus curiae New Jersey Council of Churches, Inc. (Donald L. Drakeman, attorney).

                           Table of Contents

     Introduction .................................................. 154

  I. The Act ....................................................... 156

 II. Facts ......................................................... 160

III. Constitutionality ............................................. 166

     A. Constitutionality of Death Penalty Per Se .................. 168

     B. Constitutionality of N...

                    
                    
                    

                        

                            

                                
                            

                            

                                

                                    
    
                                        
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