STATE v. PAPASAVVAS


751 A.2d 40 (2000)

163 N.J. 565

STATE of New Jersey, Plaintiff-Respondent and Cross-Appellant, v. Peter PAPASAVVAS, Defendant-Appellant and Cross-Respondent.

Supreme Court of New Jersey.

Decided May 16, 2000.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James K. Smith, Jr., and Cecelia Urban, Assistant Deputy Public Defenders, for defendant-appellant and cross-respondent (Ivelisse Torres, Public Defender, attorney).

Marcy H. Speiser, Deputy Attorney General, for plaintiff-respondent and cross-appellant (John J. Farmer, Jr., Attorney General of New Jersey, attorney).


The opinion of the Court was delivered by O'HERN, J.

In this capital case a jury has convicted defendant of murder and recommended that he be sentenced to death. Defendant contends that he was denied a fair trial. The major contentions in his appeal are that (1) the jury selection process (the voir dire) was so inadequate that it violated defendant's constitutional rights to a fair trial; (2) that the trial court failed...

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