State v. Sims

65 N.J. 359 (1974)

322 A.2d 809

STATE OF NEW JERSEY, PLAINTIFF-APPELLANT,

v.

CURTIS SIMS AND RONALD WARD, DEFENDANTS-RESPONDENTS.

The Supreme Court of New Jersey.

Argued February 4, 1974.

Decided July 16, 1974.

Mr. Martin F. Siegal, Assistant Prosecutor of Essex County, argued the cause for plaintiff-appellant (Mr. Joseph P. Lordi, Prosecutor of Essex County, attorney; Mr. R. Benjamin Cohen, Assistant Prosecutor, and Mr. Siegal, of Counsel and on the brief).

Mr. Robert Westreich, Assistant Deputy Public Defender, argued the cause for defendants-respondents (Mr. Stanley C. Van Ness, Public Defender,…