Supreme Court of New Jersey· 12/18/1961

State v. Levitt

Citations

176 A.2d 465
36 N.J. 266
91 A.L.R. 2d 1112
1961 N.J. LEXIS 261

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noting that jury took three votes before reaching its ultimate determination, with first vote taken one-half hour after jury began deliberating
noting that jury took three votes before reaching its ultimate determination, with first vote taken one-half hour after jury began deliberating
defendant has right to trial in which jury's decision is \`obedient to the court's charge based solely on legal evidence produced before it and entirely free from the taint of extraneous considerations and influences' \
defendant has right to trial in which jury’s decision is “ ‘obedient to the court’s charge based solely on legal evidence produced before it and entirely free from the taint of extraneous considerations and influences’ ”
“ ‘The parties to the action are entitled to have each of the jurors who hears the case impartial, unprejudiced and free from improper influences.’ ” (quoting Wright v. Bernstein, 23 N.J. 284, 294-295, 129 A.2d 19 (1957))

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