Legal Opinion
State v. Long
Supreme Court of New Jersey
Decided June 21, 1990PublishedCited by 146 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the Court was delivered by
O’HERN, J.
Defendant has been found guilty of murder in a liquor-store holdup. The pivotal question in his appeal is whether the jury verdict establishes guilt of knowing and purposeful murder, therefore rendering defendant death-eligible. The case was tried before our decision in State v. Gerald, 113 N.J. 40, 549 A.2d 792 (1988). In Gerald, the Court held that the 1979 amendments to the Code of Criminal Justice had created two forms of murder. One is intentional, death being defendant’s purpose, the other unintentional, the death occurring as a result…
2Cases cited76 opinions
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- Giglio v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
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3Cited by146 opinions
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