Legal Opinion
State v. Matulewicz
Supreme Court of New Jersey
Decided May 11, 1989PublishedCited by 42 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the Court was delivered by
*192O’HERN, J.
Child abuse is not just a sociological phenomenon; it can be murder, and it can be capital murder. The question here is whether this is a capital murder case. In State v. McCrary, 97 N.J. 132 (1984), we approved, in limited circumstances, pretrial review of the factual basis for the statutory aggravating factors that the prosecutor seeks to use to establish death eligibility under New Jersey’s capital punishment act, N.J.S.A. 2C:11-3. This interlocutory appeal requires us to review an application of the McCrary procedures in light of our…
2Cases cited13 opinions
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- Furman v. GeorgiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
- Zant v. StephensSupreme Court of the United States · 1983
- State v. RamseurSupreme Court of New Jersey · 1987
- State v. KoedatichSupreme Court of New Jersey · 1988
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3Cited by42 opinions
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