Legal Opinion
State v. LaPierre
Supreme Court of New Jersey
Decided January 21, 1963PublishedCited by 27 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered by
WniimtA-UB, C. J.
Defendants were convicted of murder in the first degree. Bisignano and Russo were sentenced to die. LaPierre was sentenced to life imprisonment pursuant to the jury’s recommendation. All appeal directly to this court. R. R. 1:2 — 1(c).
The jury could readily find the following facts. At about 11 p. M. on March 15, 1961 Russo and Bisignano entered Hahn’s Tavern in Newark, wearing dark coats, dark hats and dark glasses, Russo holding an automatic and Bisignano a knife in a position to suggest it was a gun. Advancing toward a group at the…
2Cases cited18 opinions
- Mapp v. OhioSupreme Court of the United States · 1961
- McNabb v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1943
- Culombe v. ConnecticutSupreme Court of the United States · 1961
- Mallory v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1957
- Stein v. New YorkSupreme Court of the United States · 1953
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3Cited by27 opinions
- State v. KoedatichSupreme Court of New Jersey · 1988
- State v. Di FriscoSupreme Court of New Jersey · 1990
- State v. JohnsonSupreme Court of New Jersey · 1965
- State v. KellySupreme Court of New Jersey · 1972
- United States ex rel. Russo v. State of New JerseyCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1965
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