State v. Bey

The opinion of the Court was delivered by

STEIN, J.

This case, and State v. Bey, 112 N.J. 123 (1988) (Bey II), also decided today, are both pre-jEamseur/Biegenwald capital prosecutions. We address certain trial errors in this case and hold that defendant must be retried. Additionally, since the Legislature has amended the capital punishment statute to preclude imposing the death sentence on juveniles, we conclude that capital resentencing is barred in this case. In Bey II defendant’s convictions are affirmed, but principles established in Ramseur [State v. Ramseur, 106 N.J. 123] and Biegenwald…