State v. La Porte

The opinion of the Court was delivered by

Sullivan, P. J. A. D.,

Temporarily Assigned. Following a jury trial, defendant was convicted of the armed robbery of David W. Leuice, an employee of the American Finance Corporation in Belleville. On appeal the Appellate Division, although it found overwhelming evidence of defendant’s guilt of such charge, reversed his conviction on the ground that “the jurors could not avoid being prejudiced” by the improper disclosure during trial that (1) defendant was wanted for a holdup and robbery in Roselle Park, and (2) defendant had been arrested for the crime…