Legal Opinion
State v. LeFurge
Supreme Court of New Jersey
Decided January 9, 1986PublishedCited by 53 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the Court was delivered by
STEIN, J.
The critical issue in this case is the constitutionality of N.J.S.A. 2C:l-8(d)(2), which provides that a defendant may be convicted of a conspiracy to commit a substantive offense even though the crime of conspiracy was not charged in the indictment.* 1 23Defendant was indicted for theft. Pursuant to N.J.S.A. 2C:l-8(d)(2), the trial court instructed the jury to consider, as an' included offense, the defendant’s guilt of the crime of conspiracy to commit theft. Defendant was acquitted of theft and convicted of conspiracy. Following the…
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