Legal Opinion
State v. Fortin
Supreme Court of New Jersey
Decided May 12, 2009No. A-27 September Term 2008PublishedCited by 18 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Wallace
The issue in this appeal is whether the application to defendant of a recent amendment to N.J.S.A 2C:ll-3, which eliminated the death penalty and imposed a sentence of life without parole for certain murders, violates the Ex Post Facto Clause of the United States and New Jersey Constitutions. In 1995, defendant was charged with a capital murder committed the previous year. He subsequently was convicted and, in 2001, a jury found him subject to the death penalty. In defendant’s direct appeal, this Court reversed and remanded for a new trial. At his retrial in 2007, defendant again was found…
2Cases cited14 opinions
- Weaver v. GrahamSupreme Court of the United States · 1981
- Calder v. BullSupreme Court of the United States · 1798
- Dobbert v. FloridaSupreme Court of the United States · 1977
- Miller v. FloridaSupreme Court of the United States · 1987
- Doe v. PoritzSupreme Court of New Jersey · 1995
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3Cited by18 opinions
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