Legal Opinion
State v. McDougald
Supreme Court of New Jersey
Decided July 12, 1990PublishedCited by 96 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the Court was delivered by
GARIBALDI, J.
Defendant, Anthony McDougald, was convicted by a jury of the brutal murders of Walter Bass and his wife, Maria Bass, and sentenced to death. He appeals directly to this Court as of right. R. 2:2-1(a)(3). We affirm defendant’s convictions for *529murder. We set aside the death penalty, however, based on an erroneous charge regarding N.J.S.A. 2C:11-3c(4)(c), and remand the matter to the trial court for a new sentencing proceeding.
I. FACTS
Anthony McDougald faced trial, pursuant to a thirteen-count indictment, for the murders of Walter Bass and…
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