Legal Opinion
State v. Bertone
Supreme Court of New Jersey
Decided March 4, 1963PublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered by
Schettino, J.
Defendant Bertone appeals as of right (B. B. 1:2-1 (c)) from a judgment based on a verdict of murder in the first degree with a recommendation of life imprisonment. That defendant, on November 7, 1957, at about 8:30 a. m., killed his “common-law wife” by stabbing her approximately twenty-two times with a knife on the fire escape outside the windows of their furnished apartment in West New York is not in dispute. There were eyewitnesses to the killing. Bertone sought an acquittal by reason of insanity.
Defendant’s personal history is…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- Peer v. City of NewarkNew Jersey Superior Court Appellate Division · 1961
- Batts v. Joseph Newman, Inc.Supreme Court of New Jersey · 1950
- Beam v. KentSupreme Court of New Jersey · 1949
- State v. ScelfoNew Jersey Superior Court Appellate Division · 1959
- Zaklukiewicz v. Western Electric Co.New Jersey Superior Court Appellate Division · 1951
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3Cited by9 opinions
- State ex rel. C. A. H.Supreme Court of New Jersey · 1982
- State v. BellNew Jersey Superior Court Appellate Division · 1968
- State ex rel. A.J.New Jersey Superior Court Appellate Division · 1989
- State v. BeneventoNew Jersey Superior Court Appellate Division · 1975
- Robey v. StateCourt of Special Appeals of Maryland · 1983
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