Opinion

State v. Jenkins

  • 75 N.J. 392
  • 383 A.2d 95
  • 1978 N.J. LEXIS 142
Court
Supreme Court of New Jersey
Filed
Feb 9, 1978
Status
Published
On the bench
Sohbeibee
Cited by
4 cases
Authority
More cited than 58.4%

citing, in part, State v. Brown and concluding that in 1927, the Legislature presumably considered manslaughter to be an offense separate and apart from murder

How later courts described this case

  • citing, in part, State v. Brown and concluding that in 1927, the Legislature presumably considered manslaughter to be an offense separate and apart from murder
  • Justices Clifford and Schreiber, dissenting

Written by the judges who cited it.

The opinion

Per Curiam.

The judgment is affirmed substantially for the reasons expressed in the opinion of the Appellate Division.

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