Legal Opinion
State v. Thompson
Supreme Court of New Jersey
Decided November 8, 1971PublishedCited by 159 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the Court was delivered by
Fkafcis, J.
The Grand Jury of Morris County indicted defendant Frederick Thompson for the murder of Dorothy Palmer on Friday, September 29, 1967, in Harding Township of that county. At a jury trial which concluded on Uovember 21, 1968, Thompson was convicted of murder in the first degree. The jury made no recommendation of life imprisonment, and, therefore, pursuant to the statutory mandate, the trial court imposed the death penalty. N. J. 8. A. 2A:113-4. Direct appeal followed in due course. B. 2:2-1 (a) (3).
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2Cases cited35 opinions
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- Simmons v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
- Brady v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1970
- Witherspoon v. IllinoisSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
- Trop v. DullesSupreme Court of the United States · 1958
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3Cited by159 opinions
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