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State v. Watson

Citations

  • 618 A.2d 367
  • 261 N.J. Super. 169

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  • providing that \the felony murder convictions should have merged into that for purposeful and knowing murder\
  • providing that \the felony murder convictions should have merged into that for A-1960-18T4 5 purposeful and knowing murder\
  • providing that \the felony murder convictions should have merged into that for purposeful and knowing murder\
  • explaining that defendants must present expert opinion of a mental condition that impaired their cognitive faculties and prevented them from forming the requisite mens rea to claim a diminished capacity defense
  • finding the presence of a dictionary in the jury room, which the judge removed once she became aware of it and instructed the jury not to refer to it but to rely instead on her charge, was incapable of producing an unjust result

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Judges: Judges Michels, Bilder and Baime

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