State v. Chippero

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 because we concluded that defendant’s confession had been impermissibly obtained through the State’s seizure of him without probable cause to arrest and therefore it should not…