Legal Opinion
State v. Davis
Supreme Court of New Jersey
Decided July 6, 1965PublishedCited by 19 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered
2Per curiam
Defendant was convicted of murder in the first degree, and the jury not recommending life imprison ment, he was sentenced to death. lie appeals directly to this Court pursuant to R. R. 1:2-1 (c).
The judgment must be reversed and the matter remanded for retrial by reason of Griffin v. State of California, 380 U. S. 609, 85 S. Ct. 1229, 14 L. Ed. 2d 106 (1965). In that case, decided after the trial of the matter now before us, the United States Supreme Court held the self-incrimination provision of the Fifth Amendment to the Federal Constitution applied to…
3Cases cited5 opinions
- Johnson v. ZerbstSupreme Court of the United States · 1938
- Griffin v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1965
- Griffin v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1965
- Adams v. United States Ex Rel. McCannSupreme Court of the United States · 1943
- Moore v. MichiganSupreme Court of the United States · 1957
4Cited by19 opinions
- State v. CrisafiSupreme Court of New Jersey · 1992
- State v. SmithArizona Supreme Court · 1966
- State v. WigginsNew Jersey Superior Court Appellate Division · 1978
- Lincoln v. CommonwealthSupreme Court of Virginia · 1976
- People v. HenleyMichigan Supreme Court · 1969
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