Legal Opinion
State v. Barry
Supreme Court of New Jersey
Decided May 21, 1981PublishedCited by 42 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the Court was delivered by
*83SULLIVAN, J.
Defendant Edward Barry was convicted of felony murder and conspiracy. He was sentenced to life imprisonment for the felony murder and a consecutive term of two to three years for the conspiracy. On appeal, the Appellate Division, in an opinion reported at 171 N.J.Super. 543 (1979), reversed the judgment of conviction and ordered a new trial on the ground that defendant’s confession, introduced into evidence at his trial, should have been excluded as the fruit of an illegal arrest. The Appellate Division also held that defendant should have…
2Cases cited10 opinions
- Brown v. IllinoisSupreme Court of the United States · 1975
- Dunaway v. New YorkSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
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- State v. SeefeldtSupreme Court of New Jersey · 1968
- State v. AbramsSupreme Court of New Jersey · 1977
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3Cited by42 opinions
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