STATE v. ADAMS


127 N.J. 438 (1992)

605 A.2d 1097

STATE OF NEW JERSEY, PLAINTIFF-RESPONDENT, v. EARL ADAMS, A/K/A KAHLID, DEFENDANT-APPELLANT.

The Supreme Court of New Jersey.

Decided May 11, 1992.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bernadette DeCastro, Assistant Deputy Public Defender, argued the cause for appellant (Wilfredo Caraballo, Public Defender, attorney).

Virginia M. Lincoln, Assistant Prosecutor, argued the cause for respondent (Herbert H. Tate, Jr., Essex County Prosecutor, attorney).

Teresa A. Blair, Deputy Attorney General, argued the cause for amicus curiae, Attorney General of New Jersey (Robert J. Del Tufo, Attorney General, attorney).


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

A jury convicted defendant, Earl Adams, of purposeful or knowing murder and of four weapons-possession charges. He contends that the trial court's admission of his oral statements in response to a police interrogation was reversible error because he had not validly waived his constitutional protection against self-incrimination. At the interrogation he had refused to...

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