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STATE v. LUND

119 N.J. 35 (1990)

573 A.2d 1376

STATE OF NEW JERSEY, PLAINTIFF-RESPONDENT, v. THOMAS E. LUND, DEFENDANT-APPELLANT. STATE OF NEW JERSEY, PLAINTIFF-RESPONDENT, v. MICHAEL X. HARRISON, DEFENDANT-APPELLANT.

The Supreme Court of New Jersey.

Decided May 23, 1990.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James Michael Merberg, a member of the Massachusetts bar, argued the cause for appellant Thomas E. Lund (Robert S. Eisenberg, attorney).

Lois De Julio, First Assistant Deputy Public Defender, argued the cause for appellant Michael X. Harrison (Alfred A. Slocum, Public Defender, attorney; Lois De Julio and James Mayer, Designated Counsel, of counsel and on the briefs).

Janet Flanagan, Deputy Attorney General, argued the cause for respondent (Peter N. Perretti, Jr., Attorney General of New Jersey, attorney).

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

The Attorney General informs us in his brief:

One study of State Police officers killed nationwide in the line of duty from September 1976 to September 1982, shows that 40 percent of the troopers killed by gunfire were fatally wounded while making traffic stops.

Of such reality, Chief Justice Hughes spoke some years back:

Such continuing trends...

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