Legal Opinion
State v. Wolak
Supreme Court of New Jersey
Decided April 3, 1958PublishedCited by 21 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered by
Ekancis, J.
Defendant Alfred Wolak was convicted of murder in the first degree and, pursuant to the recommendation of the jury, was sentenced to life imprisonment. On this appeal he seeks a reversal of the conviction, charging that the trial court erred (1) in instructing the jury with respect to the nature of the consideration that it could give to evidence of previous convictions of crime, and (2) in admitting into evidence a “gruesome” photograph of the deceased. He urges also that he was denied due process because of inadequate representation by…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Commonwealth v. SimmonsSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1948
- Geisler v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1949
- Commonwealth v. ThompsonSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1957
- Commonwealth v. ElliottSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1952
- Commonwealth v. BibaloSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1953
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3Cited by21 opinions
- State v. ScanlonNew Jersey Superior Court Appellate Division · 1964
- State v. ZwillmanNew Jersey Superior Court Appellate Division · 1970
- State v. BuffaNew Jersey Superior Court Appellate Division · 1961
- State v. Von AtzingerNew Jersey Superior Court Appellate Division · 1963
- State v. BrownNew Jersey Superior Court Appellate Division · 1975
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