State v. Puchalski

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Haneman, J.

Defendant appeals from a conviction of murder in the second degree. R. R. 1:2-1(c). The pertinent facts, as developed at the trial, are as follows:

Defendant, together with George Allen, Bruno Gussie and Warren DeFrazio, robbed a home in Jersey City on April 18, 1962. Without its being known by the other three, Gussie, the last to leave the house, pistol-whipped and raped the wife of the owner. Defendant, upon learning of the rape on the following day, became quite incensed. When Gussie called defendant and advised him that he [Gussie] was…