State v. Singleton

I concur with the majority opinion, which reverses the determination of the Appellate Division panel and holds that defendant Boyce Singleton, Ji’. was not entitled to the deific command jury instruction addressed by this Court in State v. Worlock, 117 N.J. 596, 611, 569 A.2d 1314 (1990). The majority opinion faithfully follows the reasoning in Worlock and State v. Winder, 200 N.J. 231, 979 A.2d 312 (2009). For the reasons articulated by Justice LaVecchia, I agree that defendant’s belated invocation of the deific command variation of the insanity defense was unsupported in the circumstances…