Legal Opinion
U.S. Ex Rel. Santana v. Fenton
District Court, D. New Jersey
Decided August 12, 1981No. Civ. 79-3296PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM
BIUNNO, District Judge.
On the morning of December 16, 1974, armed robbers entered a basement apartment on Roseville Avenue, in Newark, NJ and announced a “hold up”. One of the occupants, Remigio Sanchez, beat one of the robbers on the head with a baseball bat severely enough to cause his death. In the process of this confrontation, Sanchez himself was shot in the abdomen, and eventually died about a month later.
Two others, petitioner Santana and his co-defendant Rodriguez, were later indicted on two counts of felony murder, one count of attempted robbery, and a count of attempted…
2Cases cited20 opinions
- Jackson v. VirginiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
- Simmons v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
- Griffin v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1965
- Griffin v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1965
- Malloy v. HoganSupreme Court of the United States · 1964
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3Cited by4 opinions
- State v. BogusNew Jersey Superior Court Appellate Division · 1988
- Joseph A. Roach v. The National Transportation Safety Board, and J. Lynn Helms, Administrator, Federal Aviation AdministrationCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1986
- State v. DwyerNew Jersey Superior Court Appellate Division · 1989
- Santana v. FentonDistrict Court, D. New Jersey · 1983