Legal Opinion
State v. Savage
Supreme Court of New Jersey
Decided July 19, 1990PublishedCited by 159 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the Court was delivered by
GARIBALDI, J.
A jury convicted defendant, Roy Savage, of the capital murder of Carolyn Hubbard and sentenced him to death. He appealed as of right. R. 2:2—1(a)(3). We find that defendant was denied effective assistance of counsel, in violation of the federal and state constitutions, and therefore reverse his murder conviction1 and sentence of death. Consequently, we remand the case to the law division for a new trial.
In addition, we consider whether under our state constitution a defendant has a constitutional right to testify at trial and whether a…
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