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STATE v. WINDER

A-34 September Term 2008.

979 A.2d 312 (2009)

200 N.J. 231

STATE v. Lavar WINDER.

Supreme Court of New Jersey.

Decided July 28, 2009.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John W. Douard, Assistant Deputy Public Defender, argued the cause for appellant (Yvonne Smith Segars, Public Defender, attorney).

Johanna Barba Jones, Deputy Attorney General, argued the cause for respondent (Anne Milgram, Attorney General of New Jersey, attorney).

Justice LaVECCHIA delivered the opinion of the Court.

Defendant was charged with first-degree murder for the execution-style killing of a cab driver, to whom he apologized before shooting him point blank in the head. At trial, he advanced the affirmative defense of insanity. See N.J.S.A. 2C:4-1 ("A person is not criminally responsible for conduct if at the time of such conduct he was laboring under such a defect of reason, from disease of the mind as not to...

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