Legal Opinion
John D. Wade v. Howard Yeager, Warden, New Jersey State Prison, and State of New Jersey
Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Decided December 8, 1969No. 17494PublishedCited by 15 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT ON REMAND FROM THE SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES
FREEDMAN, Circuit Judge.
This appeal is before us on remand from the Supreme Court.
Appellant, John D. Wade, his brother, Nathaniel Wade, and one James Knox, were indicted jointly for a murder committed during the course of a robbery in Paterson, New Jersey. The State was granted a severance as to Knox, and the Wade brothers were jointly tried before a jury which found them guilty of murder in the first degree and recommended life imprisonment. They were sentenced accordingly. Knox was tried later and acquitted.
Nathaniel…
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