Legal Opinion
State v. Oliver
Supreme Court of New Jersey
Decided February 28, 2000PublishedCited by 27 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the Court was delivered by
O’HERN, J.
In 1993, Richard Allen Davis, a six-time offender, on parole for his most recent offense, a sexual assault, broke into the Petaluma, California home of Polly Klaas, a twelve-year-old child. She and her friends had had a slumber party. Davis kidnaped, raped and killed Polly. A year and a half earlier, eighteen-year-old Kimber Reynolds had been murdered by a repeat offender in Fresno, California. Polly’s murder was the turning point in the efforts of Kimber’s father, Mike, to prevent the premature release from prison of dangerous criminals.…
2Cases cited21 opinions
- Harmelin v. MichiganSupreme Court of the United States · 1991
- Addington v. TexasSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
- McMillan v. PennsylvaniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1986
- Chapman v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1991
- People v. Superior Court (Romero)California Supreme Court · 1996
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3Cited by27 opinions
- State v. JohnsonSupreme Court of New Jersey · 2001
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- State v. LivingstonSupreme Court of New Jersey · 2002
- State v. JonesSupreme Court of South Carolina · 2001
- State v. HesterSupreme Court of New Jersey · 2018
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