STATE v. ZOLA


112 N.J. 384 (1988)

548 A.2d 1022

STATE OF NEW JERSEY, PLAINTIFF-RESPONDENT, v. JAMES E. ZOLA, DEFENDANT-APPELLANT.

The Supreme Court of New Jersey.

Decided August 16, 1988.

As Amended October 7, 1988.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Claudia Van Wyk and Paul M. Klein, Assistant Deputy Public Defenders, argued the cause for appellant (Alfred A. Slocum, Public Defender, attorney).

Mildred Vallerini Spiller, Deputy Attorney General, argued the cause for respondent (W. Cary Edwards, Attorney General of New Jersey, attorney).


The opinion of the Court was delivered by O'HERN, J.

This is a pre-Ramseur/Biegenwald capital case in which the defendant was sentenced to death. In State v. Biegenwald, 106 N.J. 13 (1987), appeal after remand, 110 N.J. 521 (1988), and State v. Ramseur, 106 N.J. 123 (1987), we determined the constitutionality of New Jersey's capital punishment...

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