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STATE v. GRILLO

16 N.J. 103 (1954)

106 A.2d 294

STATE OF NEW JERSEY, PLAINTIFF-RESPONDENT, v. JOSEPH GRILLO, DEFENDANT-APPELLANT. STATE OF NEW JERSEY, PLAINTIFF-RESPONDENT, v. SILVIO DE VITA, DEFENDANT-APPELLANT.

The Supreme Court of New Jersey.

Decided June 28, 1954.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. George R. Sommer argued the cause for the appellant Joseph Grillo.

Mr. Harry Kay argued the cause for the appellant Silvio De Vita.

Mr. Charles V. Webb, Jr., Essex County Prosecutor, argued the cause for the respondent (Mr. C. William Caruso, Special Assistant Prosecutor, of counsel, on the brief).

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

These two appeals certified under R.R. 1:10-1(b) were from two comparable orders of the Essex County Court denying motions for new trial made by the defendants-appellants, Joseph Grillo and Silvio De Vita. The crime of which these defendants had been convicted was murder, in the first degree.

On November 9, 1951, James Law, a special officer, was shot...

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