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STATE v. SPETH

735 A.2d 1200 (1997)

324 N.J. Super. 471

STATE of New Jersey, Plaintiff, v. Claus P. SPETH, Defendant.

Superior Court of New Jersey, Law Division, Essex County.

Decided October 27, 1997.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Glenn D. Goldberg, Assistant Essex County Prosecutor, for the State of New Jersey (Clifford D. Minor, Essex County Prosecutor, attorney.)

Gerald Krovatin for defendant (Arseneault and Krovatin, Chatham, attorneys).

COHEN, J.S.C.

This case had its genesis in the death of Ronald Puttorak, who was found hanging from a bed sheet in his jail cell in August 1993. Following an autopsy his death was ruled a suicide. Concerned about possible foul play and possible negligence on the part of jail guards, Puttorak's relatives retained an attorney who hired defendant Speth, a pathologist, to review the autopsy findings. On November 3, 1993 Speth was permitted to examine and photograph the...

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