Legal Opinion
State v. Fauntleroy
Supreme Court of New Jersey
Decided January 22, 1962PublishedCited by 12 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered by
Jacobs, J.
The defendant was convicted of murder in the first degree and was sentenced to death. He appealed to this court as of right. See B. B. 1:2-l(e).
On Thursday, July 28, 1960, shortly before 6:00 p. m. the body of Beatrice Linkhorn was discovered in her apartment at 2 Stratford Place, Newark, by Reverend Wagner, Mrs. Hamilton and Mr. Marshall. Mr. Wagner was minister at the church where Miss Linkhorn was employed as teacher and secretary, Mrs. Hamilton was a life-long friend of Miss Linkhorn, and Mr. Marshall was superintendent of the apartment…
2Cases cited19 opinions
- McNabb v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1943
- Culombe v. ConnecticutSupreme Court of the United States · 1961
- Lisenba v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1942
- Rogers v. RichmondSupreme Court of the United States · 1961
- Spano v. New YorkSupreme Court of the United States · 1959
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3Cited by12 opinions
- State v. ScanlonNew Jersey Superior Court Appellate Division · 1964
- State v. EngelSupreme Court of New Jersey · 1985
- State v. KriegerNew Jersey Superior Court Appellate Division · 1983
- United States of America Ex Rel. Clarence Smith v. The State of New Jersey, the Principal Keeper of the State Prison at Trenton, New Jersey, and the Superintendent of the New Jersey Reformatory at Bordentown, New Jersey. United States of America, Ex Rel. Lee Stanford v. The State of New Jersey, the Principal Keeper of the State Prison at Trenton, New Jersey, and the Superintendent of the New Jersey Reformatory at Bordentown, New JerseyCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1963
- United States of America Ex Rel. Robert Harvin v. Howard D. Yeager, Warden, New Jersey State PrisonCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1970
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