Legal Opinion
State v. Cook
Supreme Court of New Jersey
Decided June 27, 1966PublishedCited by 20 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered by
Proctor, J.
An Essex County Grand Jury returned two murder indictments against the defendant, James Cook, the first charging him with killing Betty Hammonds on April 22, 1964, and the other charging him with killing Charlotte Hammonds on the same date. On the State’s motion and over the defendant’s objection the indictments were consolidated for trial. A jury in the County Court found the defendant guilty of murder in the first degree on each indictment with a recommendation of life imprisonment. The trial judge sentenced the defendant to consecutive…
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