Legal Opinion
State v. Tucker
Supreme Court of New Jersey
Decided August 8, 1994PublishedCited by 60 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the Court was delivered by
STEIN, J.
A jury convicted defendant of the 1987 murder of Patricia Warner. It also found him guilty of burglary, a violation of N.J.S.A, 2C:18-2a; theft, contrary to N.J.S.A. 2C:20-3a; and possession of a weapon for an unlawful purpose, in violation of N.J.S.A. 2C:39-4d. The trial court sentenced defendant to a life term with a thirty-year period of parole ineligibility on the murder conviction, and to a consecutive term of five years with thirty-months parole ineligibility on the burglary conviction. It imposed a concurrent five-year sentence on the…
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