Legal Opinion
State v. Wolf
Supreme Court of New Jersey
Decided January 24, 1966PublishedCited by 62 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered by
Francis, J.
Defendant Wolf was convicted of murder in the first degree with a jury recommendation of life imprisonment. On appeal this Court reversed the judgment for trial errors and remanded the case for retrial. State v. Wolf, 44 N. J. 176 (1965). Thereafter at a pretrial conference the County Court ruled that by reason of the verdict at the first trial the State was barred from seeking the death penalty again at the new trial. The precise issue never having been passed upon by the Supreme Court, we granted the Prosecutor’s application for leave to…
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