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· 3/8/1989

State v. Abnathya

Citations

  • 115 N.J. 64
  • 556 A.2d 1209
  • 1989 N.J. LEXIS 192

How courts have described this case

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  • explaining that the General Assembly amended Code § 19.2-264.4(D)(2) to add the option of a life sentence and a monetary fine after the Supreme Court of Virginia’s decision in Powell
  • finding counsel’s performance ineffective for failing to object to a verdict form prior to Poivell when that form had “the same omission as the verdict form at issue in Atkins ”

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