Legal Opinion
State v. Wilson
Supreme Court of New Jersey
Decided September 29, 1970PublishedCited by 57 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered by
Proctor, J.
Jesse Edward Wilson was found guilty by a jury of first degree murder on two indictments, one for the murder of Esther Friedman and the second for the murder of Shep Binyard. The jury did not recommend life imprisonment and Wilson was sentenced to death on both convictions. His direct appeal to this Court is pursuant to R. R. 1:2-1(c), (now R. 2:2-1(a) (3)). The appeal is from Wilson’s second trial. Previously he had been jointly tried with Wilbert Sinclair who had also been indicted for the same crimes, and both men were convicted and…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- Witherspoon v. IllinoisSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
- Griffin v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1965
- Griffin v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1965
- Jim B. Edmonds v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1959
- United States v. GrunewaldDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 1958
3Cited by57 opinions
- State v. WilliamsSupreme Court of New Jersey · 1988
- State v. PenningtonSupreme Court of New Jersey · 1990
- State v. ClausellSupreme Court of New Jersey · 1990
- State v. IngramSupreme Court of New Jersey · 2008
- State v. MannSupreme Court of New Jersey · 1993
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