Supreme Court of New Jersey· 1/23/1991

State v. Oglesby

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585 A.2d 916
122 N.J. 522
1991 N.J. LEXIS 6

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holding that jury instruction improperly misled jury to believe that defendant had burden of proving his diminished capacity
holding that jury instruction improperly misled jury to believe that defendant had burden of proving his diminished capacity
finding insufficient provocation to warrant an instruction on passion/provocation manslaughter when unarmed victim slapped the defendant
single blow by an unarmed woman was insufficient provocation to warrant an instruction on passion/provocation manslaughter
finding evidence of \a single blow A-3454-22 32 by an unarmed woman\ was insufficient to justify a passion/provocation manslaughter charge
record did not support passion/provocation jury charge

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Judges: Handler, Pollock

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