State v. Parker

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Proctor, J.

The defendant Harold Parker was indicted by the Essex County Grand Jury for the murder of Preston Morrell. He was tried and convicted by a jury of murder in the first degree, with a recommendation of life imprisonment. He appeals here as of right, and seeks reversal of his conviction on the grounds that the trial court erred in denying his motion for a judgment of acquittal at the end of the State’s ease, and that the trial court erred in admitting certain improper evidence and in giving the jury certain improper instructions. He also…