State v. King

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Hafemait, J.

The Grand Jury of Hudson County indicted defendant, charging that on November 11, 1960 he "did wilfully, feloniously and of his malice aforethought kill and murder Arlene McCrystal.” The matter having been tried and the jury having found defendant guilty in the first degree with a recommendation of a sentence of life imprisonment, he appeals to this court as a matter of right from the judgment entered on the verdict. R. R. 1:2-1(c).

The facts developed at the trial concerning the fatal incident are mostly undisputed. The evidence established…