Legal Opinion

State v. Locklear

Supreme Court of New Jersey

Decided October 18, 1954PublishedCited by 18 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Wachenfeld, J.

The appellant was indicted for the murder of Mabel Dukin in Morris County on October 16, 1953. After a plea of not guilty and in answer to a demand for a bill of particulars served upon him by the State relating to his alibi, he named Floyd Allen and Edward Kelly as witnesses.

The State claimed the murder was willful, deliberate and premeditated and was committed in the perpetration of a robbery. It proceeded upon the theory that the killing might have taken place as a result of conspiracy in which Locklear was a principal.

The agreed…

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2Cases cited16 opinions

  1. United States v. PerezSupreme Court of the United States · 1824
  2. Wade v. HunterSupreme Court of the United States · 1949
  3. Brock v. North CarolinaSupreme Court of the United States · 1953
  4. Cornero v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1931
  5. People Ex Rel. Stabile v. . Warden, Etc.New York Court of Appeals · 1911

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3Cited by18 opinions

  1. People v. JohnsonMichigan Supreme Court · 1976
  2. Curry v. Superior CourtCalifornia Supreme Court · 1970
  3. State v. LaganellaNew Jersey Superior Court Appellate Division · 1976
  4. State v. RosenbergNew Jersey Superior Court Appellate Division · 1955
  5. State v. TaylorNew Jersey Superior Court Appellate Division · 1963

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