Legal Opinion
State v. Hudson
Supreme Court of New Jersey
Decided October 22, 1962PublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered by
Weintraub, C. J.
Defendant was convicted of murder in the first degree, and the jury not having recommended life imprisonment, he was sentenced to die. N. J. 8. 2A :113-4. He appeals directly to us pursuant to B. B. 1:2-l(c).
Defendant did not dispute his guilt. Rather he contended he was so intoxicated that his crime did not exceed murder in the second degree.
The victim was defendant’s wife, Myrtle. They married on October 27, 1959. Their marriage, her second and his third, went poorly. The jury could readily find that defendant physically abused his…
2Cases cited41 opinions
- State v. HammondsSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1954
- Real v. . the PeopleNew York Court of Appeals · 1870
- Singer v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1922
- Thompson v. BowieSupreme Court of the United States · 1867
- Thomas v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1907
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3Cited by11 opinions
- State v. ThomasArizona Supreme Court · 1973
- State v. KellyNew Jersey Superior Court Appellate Division · 1986
- Dickens v. StateSupreme Court of Delaware · 1981
- Mullins v. StateIndiana Court of Appeals · 1985
- United States Ex Rel. Wilson v. Essex County CourtDistrict Court, D. New Jersey · 1976
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