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STATE v. PATTERSON

47 N.J. 450 (1966)

221 A.2d 526

STATE OF NEW JERSEY, PLAINTIFF-RESPONDENT, v. JAMES P. PATTERSON, DEFENDANT-APPELLANT.

The Supreme Court of New Jersey.

Decided July 6, 1966.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Richard P. Weitzman argued the cause for appellant (Messrs. Weitzman, Brady & Weitzman, attorneys; Mr. Richard P. Weitzman, on the brief).

Mr. Martin G. Holleran, Assistant County Prosecutor, argued the cause for respondent (Mr. Brendan T. Byrne, County Prosecutor of Essex County, attorney).

PER CURIAM.

While rounding a curve on Essex Street in Millburn at about 11 P.M. on October 15, 1965, the defendant drove his car into a tree along the street curb. The damage to the tree was trivial or insubstantial but the car suffered considerable damage to its bumper, its front right fender and its headlights. The defendant drove away but a dispatcher for a nearby taxicab company telephoned the Millburn police and the defendant was picked up about a mile and a...

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