Legal Opinion
State v. Laws
Supreme Court of New Jersey
Decided September 25, 1967PublishedCited by 77 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered by
Jacobs, J.
The defendants Laws and Washington were indicted, along with others, for conspiring to commit armed robbery and for murder. They were convicted of murder in the first degree and were sentenced to death. They were also convicted on the conspiracy charge but sentence on that was suspended. They appealed to this Court as of right under R. R. 1:2-l (c).
During the early morning hours of April 26, 1965 there was an armed robbery at the Public Service Coordinated *166Transport’s terminal garage in Oradell. Christopher Jaeger, a Public Service bus…
2Cases cited21 opinions
- United States v. VentrescaSupreme Court of the United States · 1965
- Rugendorf v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1964
- People v. MorseCalifornia Supreme Court · 1964
- Bernard Austin v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1967
- Ronald R. Brown v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1964
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3Cited by77 opinions
- State v. RamseurSupreme Court of New Jersey · 1987
- State v. KellySupreme Court of New Jersey · 1984
- State v. NovembrinoSupreme Court of New Jersey · 1987
- State v. BiegenwaldSupreme Court of New Jersey · 1987
- State v. GeraldSupreme Court of New Jersey · 1988
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