Legal Opinion

State v. Ravenell

Supreme Court of New Jersey

Decided July 31, 1964PublishedCited by 34 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Jacobs, J.

The defendant Alfred Eavenell was found guilty of murder in the first degree with recommendation of life imprisonment on both counts of the indictment against him. He was sentenced to consecutive terms of life imprisonment and he appealed to this Court as of right. R. R. 1:2-1 (c).

On April 18, 1962 Bernard Warset, the proprietor of Lee’s Liquor Store on Jefferson Avenue in Elizabeth, and John E. Polansky, a customer in the store, were murdered. Thereafter the Union County Grand Jury retitrned an indictment charging defendants Alfred Eavenell…

2Cases cited9 opinions

  1. Goldstein v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1942
  2. Hewitt v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1940
  3. State v. SheppardOhio Court of Appeals · 1955
  4. Corbett v. PeopleSupreme Court of Colorado · 1963
  5. Forrester v. StateCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1961

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3Cited by34 opinions

  1. State v. MarshallSupreme Court of New Jersey · 1991
  2. State v. BiegenwaldSupreme Court of New Jersey · 1987
  3. State v. TorresSupreme Court of New Jersey · 2005
  4. State v. MooreSupreme Court of New Jersey · 1991
  5. State v. HuntSupreme Court of New Jersey · 1989

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