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STATE v. LOCKETT

249 N.J. Super. 428 (1991)

592 A.2d 617

STATE OF NEW JERSEY, PLAINTIFF-RESPONDENT, v. BYRON LOCKETT, DEFENDANT-APPELLANT.

Superior Court of New Jersey, Appellate Division.

Decided July 9, 1991.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Wilfredo Caraballo, Public Defender, attorney for appellant (Robert L. Sloan, Assistant Deputy Public Defender, of counsel and on the brief).

Byron Lockett, appellant, submitted a supplemental brief pro se.

Herbert H. Tate, Jr., Essex County Prosecutor, attorney for respondent (Elizabeth A. Duelly, Assistant Prosecutor, of counsel).

Before Judges DEIGHAN, BAIME and A.M. STEIN.

PER CURIAM.

Defendant was attempting to elude a fleeing police car when his speeding automobile struck a pedestrian who died shortly thereafter in the hospital. Defendant and his passenger fled the scene on foot. The police found cocaine and a switchblade knife in the abandoned car. Defendant was arrested several hours later.

The jury found defendant guilty of first degree aggravated manslaughter, N.J.S...

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