Supreme Court of New Jersey· 6/17/1959

State v. Mount

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152 A.2d 343
30 N.J. 195
1959 N.J. LEXIS 169

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holding that because juries bear sole “responsibility in passing on the issue of life or death,” juries are obligated to confront that issue without consideration of the possibility of appeal
“where a life is at stake, this court does not hesitate in the interests of justice to invoke the plain error rule and to reverse where the trial errors were impregnated with the likelihood of having harmed the substantial rights of the defendant.” (citation omitted)
“where a life is at stake, this court does not hesitate in the interests of justice to invoke the plain error rule and to reverse where the trial errors were impregnated with the likelihood of having harmed the substantial rights of the defendant.” (citation omitted)

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Judges: Jacobs, Burling, Proctor

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