Legal Opinion
State v. Seefeldt
Supreme Court of New Jersey
Decided May 6, 1968PublishedCited by 29 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered by
Proctor, J.
After a trial in the Ocean County Court, Roberta Seefeldt was convicted of murder in the first degree for the killing of her husband and, pursuant to the jury’s recommendation, was sentenced to life imprisonment. She appealed directly to this Court under former B. B. 1:2-l (c) (Amended October 5, 1967).
The victim, Gerald Seefeldt, was a sergeant in the Marine Corps. On November 15, 1966, while stationed in Tennessee, he married the defendant whom he had met in that state. About a week after the marriage, the Sergeant was assigned to the…
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3Cited by29 opinions
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