Legal Opinion
State v. Nelson
Supreme Court of New Jersey
Decided July 30, 2002PublishedCited by 117 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the Court was delivered by
ZAZZALI, J.
Defendant Leslie Nelson, formerly known as Glenn Nelson, pled guilty to the killing of two police officers and to the aggravated assault of a third officer. After her first penalty-phase trial, she was sentenced to life in prison for the murder of Officer John McLaughlin and to death for the murder of Officer John Norcross. *430This Court vacated defendant’s first death sentence because the State withheld evidence that was favorable to the defense and material to the jury’s deliberations on the death penalty. State v. Nelson, 155 N.J. 487, 715…
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3Cited by117 opinions
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