State v. Gray

The opinion of the Court was delivered by

Sullivan, J.

Winfred Gray, defendant herein, and a co-defendant Clarence Collins were convicted of having robbed Albert Silver of his wallet at knifepoint on December 15, 1972 (armed robbery under N. J. S. A. 2A:141-1 and 2A:151-5). Gray appealed from the judgment of conviction (Collins did not appeal) and the Appellate Division, in an unreported opinion, reversed Gray’s conviction. The Appellate Division held that the trial court had unduly restricted defense counsel who, during the cross-examination of Herman Moreano, a State witness, had sought to…