Legal Opinion
State v. Cooper
Supreme Court of New Jersey
Decided August 20, 1997PublishedCited by 111 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the Court was delivered by
COLEMAN, J.
In May 1995, a Monmouth County jury convicted defendant, David Cooper, of the kidnapping, aggravated sexual assault, felony murder, and purposeful-or-knowing murder of L.G., a six-year-old girl, by his own conduct. The same jury sentenced him to death. This is defendant’s direct appeal from his conviction for capital murder and sentence of death. R. 2:2-1(a)(3). We affirm both the conviction and the sentence of death.
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Procedural and Factual History
A Monmouth County Grand Jury indicted defendant on the following charges: purposeful-or-knowing…
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