Supreme Court of New Jersey· 7/6/1966
State v. Mathis
Citations
- 221 A.2d 529
- 47 N.J. 455
- 1966 N.J. LEXIS 233
How courts have described this case
Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.
- holding that the State cannot present as a motive for robbery that a person may be poor or unemployed
- providing it is not proper to suggest poverty as a motive for committing a crime
- “Undoubtedly a lack of money is logically connected with a crime involving financial gain. The trouble is that it would prove too much against too many.”
- \Undoubtedly a lack of money is logically connected with a crime involving financial gain. The trouble is that it would prove too much against too many.\
- “[T]here must be something more than poverty to tie a defendant into a criminal milieu.”
- “[T]here must be something more than poverty to tie a defendant into a criminal milieu.”
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66 cases in this archive cite this case; the 20 most cited are listed.
- State v. CarterSupreme Court of New Jersey· 1982-08-17· cited 366×
- State v. ZolaSupreme Court of New Jersey· 1988-10-07· cited 244×
- Henry v. New Jersey Department of Human ServicesSupreme Court of New Jersey· 2010-12-10· cited 227×
- State v. Crisantos (Arriagas)Supreme Court of New Jersey· 1986-05-06· cited 205×
- State v. MartiniSupreme Court of New Jersey· 1993-02-09· cited 183×
- State v. MooreSupreme Court of New Jersey· 1991-01-23· cited 176×
- State v. PowellSupreme Court of New Jersey· 1980-07-28· cited 168×
- State v. CoruzziNew Jersey Superior Court App Division· 1983-03-24· cited 120×
- State v. WeeksSupreme Court of New Jersey· 1987-06-25· cited 116×
- State v. HarperNew Jersey Superior Court App Division· 1974-05-15· cited 99×
- State v. SingletarySupreme Court of New Jersey· 1979-05-23· cited 96×
- State v. ChristenerSupreme Court of New Jersey· 1976-07-14· cited 77×
- State v. DoughtySupreme Judicial Court of Maine· 1979-04-03· cited 56×
- United States v. James Thomas York and Stephen Joseph YorkFifth Circuit· 1978-08-23· cited 51×
- State v. ZwillmanNew Jersey Superior Court App Division· 1970-10-19· cited 48×
- State v. ConyersSupreme Court of New Jersey· 1971-03-26· cited 46×
- State v. YormarkNew Jersey Superior Court App Division· 1971-11-30· cited 46×
- State v. DreherNew Jersey Superior Court App Division· 1997-06-20· cited 43×
- State v. ThomasSupreme Court of New Jersey· 1978-05-22· cited 42×
- People v. HendersonMichigan Supreme Court· 1980-03-04· cited 39×
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