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STATE v. PROVOID

110 N.J. Super. 547 (1970)

266 A.2d 307

STATE OF NEW JERSEY, PLAINTIFF-RESPONDENT, v. LAWSON PROVOID, DEFENDANT-APPELLANT.

Superior Court of New Jersey, Appellate Division.

Decided June 22, 1970.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Arthur Penn, Assistant Deputy Public Defender, argued the cause for appellant (Mr. Stanley C. Van Ness, Public Defender, attorney).

Mr. Joseph A. Falcone, Assistant Prosecutor, argued the cause for respondent (Mr. Joseph P. Lordi, Essex County Prosecutor, attorney).

Before Judges GOLDMANN, LEWIS and MATTHEWS.

The opinion of the court was delivered by GOLDMANN, P.J.A.D.

Defendant was indicted for murder, tried to a jury and, following an eight-day trial, found guilty of manslaughter. He was sentenced to a State Prison term of 5-7 years. His subsequent motion for reduction of sentence was denied. He appeals his conviction.

Defendant and his family lived in the upstairs portion of a two-family house in Newark, the downstairs being occupied by the Arnold family. Although...

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