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STATE v. COOPER

10 N.J. 532 (1952)

92 A.2d 786

STATE OF NEW JERSEY, PLAINTIFF-RESPONDENT, v. RALPH COOPER AND COLLIS ENGLISH, DEFENDANTS-APPELLANTS, AND McKINLEY FORREST, JOHN MacKENZIE, JAMES H. THORPE AND HORACE WILSON, DEFENDANTS.

The Supreme Court of New Jersey.

Decided November 24, 1952.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. George Pellettieri and Mr. Arthur Garfield Hays argued the cause for appellants.

Mr. Mario H. Volpe, Mercer County Prosecutor, argued the cause for the State (Mr. Frank H. Lawton, First Assistant Prosecutor, on the brief).

The opinion of the court was delivered by WACHENFELD, J.

Six men in 1948 were indicted and convicted of murder in the first degree. They were sentenced to death. It was a long and difficult trial lasting 44 days.

On appeal, this court reversed the judgment rendered against them because of errors committed in the trial. State v. Cooper, 2 N.J. 540 (1949).

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