Legal Opinion
State v. Smith
Supreme Court of New Jersey
Decided March 16, 1970PublishedCited by 65 opinions
1Per curiam
The Essex County Grand Jury returned indictments which charged the defendant John William Smith with having committed assaults and batteries on police officers John De Simone and Vito M. Pontrelli. His motion to dismiss the indictments was denied (State v. Smith, 102 N. J. Super. 325, 246 A. 2d 35 (Law Div. 1968)) and, after trial, the jury failed to agree on the Pontrelli matter but found the defendant guilty of having committed an assault and battery on Officer De Simone. The defendant appealed to the Appellate Division and we certified before argument there.
The officers testified that…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Swain v. AlabamaSupreme Court of the United States · 1965
- American Communications Assn. v. DoudsSupreme Court of the United States · 1950
- Konigsberg v. State Bar of Cal.Supreme Court of the United States · 1961
- State v. SMITHNew Jersey Superior Court Appellate Division · 1968
3Cited by65 opinions
- State v. BiegenwaldSupreme Court of New Jersey · 1987
- State v. GilmoreSupreme Court of New Jersey · 1986
- John William Smith v. Dominick Spina, Individually and as Director of the Police Department of the City of Newark, N. J.Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1973
- State v. MurphySupreme Court of New Jersey · 1988
- Borough of Berlin v. Remington & Vernick EngineersNew Jersey Superior Court Appellate Division · 2001
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