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STATE v. CHIPPERO

A-50 September Term 2008

987 A.2d 555 (2009)

201 N.J. 14

STATE of New Jersey, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Richard CHIPPERO, Defendant-Respondent.

Supreme Court of New Jersey.

Decided December 29, 2009.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Nancy A. Hulett, Assistant Prosecutor, argued the cause for appellant (Bruce J. Kaplan, Middlesex County Prosecutor, attorney).

Alison S. Perrone argued the cause for respondent (Yvonne Smith Segars, Public Defender, attorney).

Steven A. Yomtov, Deputy Attorney General, argued the cause for amicus curiae, Attorney General of New Jersey (Anne Milgram, Attorney General, attorney).

Justice LaVECCHIA delivered the opinion of the Court.

On July 23, 1991, Ermina Rose Tocci was found stabbed to death in her North Brunswick mobile home at 51 Poe Road. At the time of the homicide, defendant Richard Chippero resided next door at 49 Poe Road. A rapidly unfolding investigation aided by a citizen report led to defendant's arrest within a few days of the murder. Since then, he twice was tried and convicted for Tocci's murder. We reversed the first conviction...

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