STATE v. BROWN


138 N.J. 481 (1994)

651 A.2d 19

STATE OF NEW JERSEY, PLAINTIFF-RESPONDENT AND CROSS-APPELLANT, v. BOBBY LEE BROWN, DEFENDANT-APPELLANT AND CROSS-RESPONDENT.

The Supreme Court of New Jersey.

Decided December 21, 1994.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Stephen W. Kirsch, Assistant Deputy Public Defender, and Matthew Astore, Deputy Public Defender II, argued the cause for appellant and cross-respondent (Susan L. Reisner, Acting Public Defender, attorney).

Nancy A. Hulett, Deputy Attorney General, argued the cause for respondent and cross-appellant (Deborah T. Poritz, Attorney General of New Jersey, attorney).


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

In January 1993, a Warren County jury convicted defendant, Bobby Lee Brown, of two counts of purposeful or knowing murder in the deaths of Alice Skov and her brother John Bell. It also convicted Brown on felony-murder, robbery, weapon-possession, and conspiracy charges. Because the jury found that Brown had committed the homicides "by his own conduct," N.J.S.A. 2C:11-3c, a penalty-phase hearing followed the...

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