STATE v. JOHNSON


218 N.J. Super. 290 (1987)

527 A.2d 892

STATE OF NEW JERSEY, PLAINTIFF-APPELLANT, v. HUBERT JOHNSON, DEFENDANT-RESPONDENT.

Superior Court of New Jersey, Appellate Division.

Decided June 10, 1987.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Brian W. Mason, Assistant Essex County Prosecutor, argued the cause for appellant (Herbert H. Tate, Jr., Essex County Prosecutor, attorney; Brian W. Mason, of counsel and on the letter brief).

Peter M. Jacques, Assistant Deputy Public Defender, argued the cause for respondent (Alfred A. Slocum, Public Defender, attorney; Peter M. Jacques, of counsel and on the brief).

Before Judges BRODY, LONG and D'ANNUNZIO.


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

We granted the State leave to file this appeal from an order suppressing an incriminating written statement that defendant had given the police. The statement had been the State's chief evidence in a trial at which the jury found defendant guilty of murder and possession of a weapon for an unlawful purpose. Before imposing sentence, however, the trial judge granted...

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