Legal Opinion
Rodriguez v. Rosenblatt
Supreme Court of New Jersey
Decided May 10, 1971No. A-77; No. A-90PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the Court was delivered by
Jacobs, J.
The question presented in these appeals is whether indigent defendants charged in municipal court proceedings with disorderly person offenses are entitled to have counsel assigned to them. R. 3:27 — 2; In re Garofone, 42 N. J. 244, 246 (1964). The lower courts held that they were not and we certified the ensuing appeals while they were awaiting argument in the Appellate Division. R. 2:12 — 2.
*284Gloria Rodriguez was charged in the Municipal Court of Camden with a simple assault and battery in violation of N. J. S. A. 2A:170-26. That statute…
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