Legal Opinion
State v. Coleman
Supreme Court of New Jersey
Decided November 8, 1965PublishedCited by 118 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered hy
Jacobs, J.
The Union County Grand Jury returned indictment No. 405 against the defendant Richard Theodore Coleman for the murder of his wife Millie Coleman and indictment No. 406 against him for the murder of his sister-in-law Ruhy Coleman. The indictments were consolidated for trial. At the trial, the State’s evidence of the two killings was not disputed. The defendant relied upon the defense of insanity as to both. The jury returned a verdict on indictment No. 405 of guilty of murder in the first degree with a recommendation of life imprisonment and…
2Cases cited73 opinions
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- Culombe v. ConnecticutSupreme Court of the United States · 1961
- Dunn v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1932
- People v. DoradoCalifornia Supreme Court · 1965
- Hyde v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1912
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3Cited by118 opinions
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