STATE v. MORTON


757 A.2d 184 (2000)

165 N.J. 235

STATE of New Jersey, Plaintiff-Respondent, v. Robert W. MORTON, Defendant-Appellant.

Supreme Court of New Jersey.

Decided August 2, 2000.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bernadette N. DeCastro, Assistant Deputy Public Defender and Claudia Van Wyk, Deputy Public Defender II, argued the cause for appellant (Ivelisse Torres, Public Defender, attorney).

Lisa Sarnoff Gochman, Deputy Attorney General argued the cause for respondent (John J. Farmer, Jr., Attorney General of New Jersey, attorney).


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

Two terms ago, we affirmed defendant's conviction and death sentence for the murder of Michael Eck. State v. Morton, 155 N.J. 383, 715 A.2d 228 (1998) (Morton I). We preserved defendant's right to seek "proportionality review of his sentence, N.J.S.A. 2C:11-3e, in a separate proceeding...

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