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STATE v. CIUFFREDA

127 N.J. 73 (1992)

602 A.2d 267

STATE OF NEW JERSEY, PLAINTIFF-APPELLANT, v. JOHN CIUFFREDA, DEFENDANT-RESPONDENT.

The Supreme Court of New Jersey.

Decided March 3, 1992.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jeffrey L. Weinstein, Deputy Attorney General, argued the cause for appellant (Robert J. Del Tufo, Attorney General of New Jersey; attorney).

Susan Herman, Assistant Deputy Public Defender, argued the cause for respondent (Wilfredo Caraballo, Public Defender, attorney).

The opinion of the Court was delivered by CLIFFORD, J.

In an unreported opinion, a divided panel of the Appellate Division entered a judgment of acquittal after reversing defendant's conviction for manslaughter under N.J.S.A. 2C:11-4b(2). That statute defines as a second-degree crime a homicide committed in the heat of passion resulting from reasonable provocation (hereinafter passion/provocation manslaughter). The dissenter below would have affirmed the conviction...

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