Supreme Court of New Jersey· 7/31/1964

State v. Jackson

Citations

203 A.2d 1
43 N.J. 148
11 A.L.R. 3d 841
1964 N.J. LEXIS 144

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reversing conviction where trial court refused to excuse juror who was friendly with police witnesses despite juror's statement of its irrelevance to credibility
reversing capital convictions where trial court erroneously refused, after all defense peremptory challenges were exhausted, to dismiss for cause challenged replacement juror who insisted he would be fair and impartial despite close ties to local law enforcement witness
defendant’s entitlement to a fair trial free from prejudicial error is particularly acute where lives are at stake
a friend of the State's key witness

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Judges: Weintraub, Jacobs, Francis, Proctor, Hall, Sohettino, Hane-Man, None

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