Legal Opinion
State v. Johnson
Supreme Court of New Jersey
Decided February 9, 1960PublishedCited by 129 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered by
Proctor, J.
The defendants Wayne Godfrey, Sylvester Johnson, and Stanley Cassidy were indicted by the Camden County grand jury for the murder of Edward Davis. Prior to the trial their motions for severance were denied. The State proceeded on the theory that the homicide was committed during an attempted robbery. The jury found the defendants guilty of murder in the first degree without a recommendation of life imprisonment, and the court sentenced them to death. They appealed to this court as of right. N. J. Const. Art. vI, § Y, par. 1(c); R. R. 1:2-1…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- Berger v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1935
- United States v. CalderonSupreme Court of the United States · 1954
- People v. . FieldingNew York Court of Appeals · 1899
- United States v. WexlerCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1935
- Lang v. New JerseySupreme Court of the United States · 1908
3Cited by129 opinions
- Johnson v. New JerseySupreme Court of the United States · 1966
- State v. RamseurSupreme Court of New Jersey · 1987
- State v. CarterSupreme Court of New Jersey · 1982
- State v. WilliamsSupreme Court of New Jersey · 1988
- State v. ReddishSupreme Court of New Jersey · 2004
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