STATE v. REED


133 N.J. 237 (1993)

627 A.2d 630

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

The Supreme Court of New Jersey.

Decided July 23, 1993.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mordecai Garelick, Assistant Deputy Public Defender, argued the cause for appellant (Zulima V. Farber, Public Defender, attorney).

Michael J. Williams, Deputy Attorney General, argued the cause for respondent (Robert J. Del Tufo, Attorney General of New Jersey, attorney).


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

In this case, the jury convicted defendant, John Reed, of knowing murder and aggravated criminal sexual contact. Defendant had confessed to those crimes and that confession constituted critically important evidence. The admissibility of defendant's confession presents the sole issue on this appeal. The police refused, before and during defendant's interrogation, to inform...

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