STATE v. SMITH

A-68 September Term 2010, 066806

54 A.3d 772 (2012)

212 N.J. 365

STATE of New Jersey, Plaintiff-Respondent, v. Stanley Cliff SMITH, a/k/a Jerry Johnson, Defendant-Appellant.

Supreme Court of New Jersey.

Decided October 25, 2012.

Reargued March 12, 2012.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Alison S. Perrone , Designated Counsel, argued the cause for appellant (Joseph E. Krakora, Public Defender, attorney).

Dorothy A. Hersh , Assistant Prosecutor, argued the cause for respondent (Joseph L. Bocchini, Jr., Mercer County Prosecutor, attorney).


Judge WEFING (temporarily assigned) delivered the opinion of the Court.

Shortly before 5:30 p.m. on December 31, 2001, Robert Priester was shot to death while sitting in his automobile in the parking lot of the M & M Deli in Ewing, New Jersey. Defendant was charged with murdering Priester, and a jury found him guilty. The trial court sentenced him to serve thirty years in prison, subject to the parole ineligibility provisions of N.J.S.A. 2C:43-7.2. The...

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