Legal Opinion
Corbitt v. New Jersey
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided December 11, 1978No. 77-5903PublishedCited by 435 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice White
Under the New Jersey homicide statutes,1 some murders are of the first degree; the rest are of the second degree. Juries *215rendering guilty murder verdicts are to designate whether the murder was a first- or second-degree crime. The mandatory punishment, to be imposed by the judge, for those convicted by a jury of first-degree murder is life imprisonment;2 second-degree murder is punished by a term of not more than 30 years. Trials to the court in murder cases are not permitted, and guilty pleas to murder indictments are forbidden. Pleas of non vult or nolo contendere, however, are allowed. “If…
2Cases cited24 opinions
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- Gregg v. GeorgiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
- North Carolina v. PearceSupreme Court of the United States · 1969
- Brady v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1970
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3Cited by435 opinions
- Alabama v. SmithSupreme Court of the United States · 1989
- Jenkins v. AndersonSupreme Court of the United States · 1980
- William George Bonin v. Arthur Calderon, as Warden of San Quentin State Prison James Rowland, Director of the California Department of CorrectionsCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1995
- Mabry v. JohnsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
- United States v. MezzanattoSupreme Court of the United States · 1995
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