Legal Opinion
State v. Di Frisco
Supreme Court of New Jersey
Decided March 12, 1990PublishedCited by 117 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the Court was delivered by
O’HERN, J.
In this capital-murder case, a hit-man has been sentenced to death on the basis of his confession that he was hired to kill a pizza-shop owner in order to silence the owner from informing on the higher-up. Killing for hire and killing to avoid detection *256are two of the statutory aggravating factors that make a murder death-eligible. N.J.S.A. 2C:ll-3c(4)(d) and (f).
The murder was a cold-blooded, execution-style killing. Defendant has confessed that he fired four bullets at close range into the head of Edward Potcher, the owner of Jack’s…
2Cases cited58 opinions
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- Schneckloth v. BustamonteSupreme Court of the United States · 1973
- Bruton v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
- Lockett v. OhioSupreme Court of the United States · 1978
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3Cited by117 opinions
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- State v. MartiniSupreme Court of New Jersey · 1993
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