Legal Opinion
State v. Green
Supreme Court of New Jersey
Decided December 23, 1965PublishedCited by 22 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered by
Proctor, J.
The appellant, Billy Green, and five codefendants, Clayton Anderson, Carlton Blanchard, Percy Edmonds, Clyde Hightower and Jesse Williams, were jointly tried in the Essex County Court for first degree murder. The jury acquitted three, Edmonds, Hightower and Williams. The jury found Anderson guilty without a recommendation of life imprisonment, and he was sentenced to death. Green and Blanchard were found guilty with a recommendation of life imprisonment. In a prior appeal arising from the same trial, Anderson’s conviction was reversed on the…
2Cases cited7 opinions
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- Massiah v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1964
- Carnley v. CochranSupreme Court of the United States · 1962
- Von Moltke v. GilliesSupreme Court of the United States · 1948
- Doughty v. MaxwellSupreme Court of the United States · 1964
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3Cited by22 opinions
- United States of America Ex Rel. Michael O'COnnOr v. The State of New Jersey and Howard YeagerCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1968
- Shreeves v. United StatesDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1978
- Watson v. StateCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1978
- State v. DarwinSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1971
- State v. BlizzardCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1976
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