State v. Repp

The opinion of the Court was delivered by

SuimrvAJsr, J.

Defendants John Repp and Howard J. Stiles, together with Charles LaPollo, were tried by jury and convicted on a charge of possession of a shotgun in an automobile without having first obtained a firearms purchaser identification card, a violation of N. J. 8. A. 2A: 151-41 (b). On appeal by Repp and Stiles, 1 the Appellate Division reversed the judgment of conviction as to them. State v. Repp, 129 N. J. Super. 588 (App. Div. 1974). It held that the contention made at trial by LaPollo, the owner of the shotgun, that he did not need a…