Legal Opinion

State v. Vaszorich

Supreme Court of New Jersey

Decided June 22, 1953PublishedCited by 55 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

The opinion of the court was delivered by

William J. Brennan, Jr., J.

Appellants Vaszorieh and Brown, and one Berry who does not appeal,'were convicted in the Monmouth County Court upon an indictment for the murder on September 8, 1951 of Jeremiah Delhagen. Vaszorieh was sentenced to death, and Brown and Berry, upon the jury’s recommendation, to life imprisonment. Vaszorieh was 19 years of age and both Brown and Berry were 17 when the crime was committed.

The decedent, aged 60, lived alone in a four-room bungalow at Wayside. In the late evening of September 8, 1951 he was asleep in a chair in…

2Cases cited18 opinions

  1. Lisenba v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1942
  2. Stein v. New YorkSupreme Court of the United States · 1953
  3. People v. . ShilitanoNew York Court of Appeals · 1916
  4. Heinze v. StateCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1945
  5. Hobson v. YouellSupreme Court of Virginia · 1941

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3Cited by55 opinions

  1. State v. CarterSupreme Court of New Jersey · 1981
  2. State v. EngelNew Jersey Superior Court Appellate Division · 1991
  3. Armando A. Miranda v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1958
  4. Tirrell v. Navistar Intern., Inc.New Jersey Superior Court Appellate Division · 1991
  5. United States v. Ronald W. ShepherdCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1978

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