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State v. Pennington

Citations

  • 575 A.2d 816
  • 119 N.J. 547
  • 1990 N.J. LEXIS 72

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

  • holding that prior murder convictions could be admitted into evidence to impeach testifying defendant in his capital murder trial
  • holding that prior murder convictions could be admitted into evidence to impeach testifying defendant in his capital murder trial
  • holding improper suggestions to jury during guilt and penalty phases that its “oath” requires it to convict
  • holding improper suggestions to jury during guilt and penalty phases that its \oath\ requires it to convict
  • finding that the amendment was one of form and that it did not unduly prejudice the defendant because it did not change his defense strategy
  • finding evidence that defendant reflexively fired gun when victim threw a glass at him was sufficient to warrant Gerald charge

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Judges: Pollock, Handler, Stein

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70 cases in this archive cite this case; the 20 most cited are listed.

Cites

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