State v. Timmendequas

The opinion of the Court was delivered by

ZAZZALI, J.

This appeal concerns the capital sentencing of Jesse K. Timmendequas, who was convicted of the 1994 murder of seven-year-old Megan Kanka. We affirmed defendant’s conviction and death sentence on direct appeal. State v. Timmendequas, 161 N.J. 515, 640, 737 A.2d 55 (1999) (Timmendequas I). We also acknowledged his request for proportionality review. Ibid. We now conclude, upon review, that defendant’s death sentence is not *28disproportionate when compared to the sentences imposed in similar cases.

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