Legal Opinion
State v. Lee
Supreme Court of New Jersey
Decided May 7, 1984PublishedCited by 120 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the Court was delivered by
POLLOCK, J.
In this case, we must determine the constitutionality of N.J.S.A. 2C:39-5 d, which states that a person who knowingly possesses a weapon other than certain firearms “under circumstances not manifestly appropriate for such lawful uses as it may have is guilty of a crime of the fourth degree.”
A majority in the Appellate Division found an explicit charge on defendant’s intent unnecessary “as long as the crime was defined in terms of the circumstances surrounding the possession of the weapon.” 188 N.J.Super. 432, 435 (1982). The court described…
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