Legal Opinion
State v. Figueroa
Supreme Court of New Jersey
Decided May 31, 2006PublishedCited by 17 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Rivera-Soto
Defendant Miguel Figueroa was charged with knowing or purposeful murder, a capital offense, in violation of N.J.S.A. 2C:11-3a(1) or (2), felony murder, in violation of N.J.S.A. 2C:11-3a(3), aggravated sexual assault, in violation of N.J.S.A. 2C:14-2a(3), and sexual assault, in violation of N.J.S.A. 2C:14-2e(4), in connection with the August 1995 sexual assault and murder of a thirteen-year-old girl in Camden, New Jersey. Defendant moved to represent himself at trial, an application that was denied by the trial court. Defendant was convicted by a jury of all charges. However, because the jury…
2Cases cited18 opinions
- Strickland v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
- Faretta v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1975
- McKaskle v. WigginsSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
- State v. FritzSupreme Court of New Jersey · 1987
- State v. ReddishSupreme Court of New Jersey · 2004
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3Cited by17 opinions
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