Legal Opinion
State v. Johnson
Supreme Court of New Jersey
Decided January 19, 1965PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered by
PkootoR, J.
The defendants, Sylvester Johnson and Stanley Cassidy, together with Wayne Godfrey, were tried in January 1959 for felony murder. The jury found them guilty of murder in the first degree without recommendation of life imprisonment, and the court sentenced them to death. This court affirmed the convictions, State v. Johnson, 31 N. J. 489 (1960), and a number of post-conviction applications followed.1
*577This appeal by Johnson and Cassidy is from the most recent trial court denial of their application for post-conviction relief. The trial court…
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3Cited by1 opinion
- State v. JohnsonSupreme Court of New Jersey · 1965