State v. Moore

The opinion of the Court was delivered by

GARIBALDI, J.

In November 1984, a Passaic County jury convicted Marie Moore of the capital murder of Theresa Feury and sentenced her to death. She appeals directly to this Court as of right. See R. 2:2-l(a)(3). We reverse both defendant’s murder conviction and sentence of death. We reverse defendant’s capital murder conviction because the trial court failed to charge the jury regarding diminished capacity and the lesser-included offenses of manslaughter and aggravated manslaughter. We reverse the sentence of death because (1) the trial court failed *243to…