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STATE v. KIETT

121 N.J. 483 (1990)

582 A.2d 630

STATE OF NEW JERSEY, PLAINTIFF-RESPONDENT, v. RALPH KIETT, JR., DEFENDANT-APPELLANT.

The Supreme Court of New Jersey.

Decided November 14, 1990.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lowell Espey, Designated Counsel, argued the cause for appellant (Alfred A. Slocum, Public Defender, attorney; Lowell Espey and William E. Norris, former Designated Counsel, on the briefs).

Lisa Sarnoff Gochman, 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 WILENTZ, C.J.

Under a misapprehension that the death penalty was applicable to juveniles, defendant, Ralph Kiett, pleaded guilty to murder on September 17, 1985, pursuant to a plea bargain that removed the risk of the death penalty. He was seventeen when the crime was committed. After Kiett entered his plea and was sentenced to life imprisonment with thirty-years parole ineligibility, this Court determined that the Legislature...

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