FLORIA RODRIGUEZ, PLAINTIFF-APPELLANT,
v.
WILLIAM ROSENBLATT, ET AL., DEFENDANTS-RESPONDENTS. No. A-77 STATE OF NEW JERSEY, PLAINTIFF-RESPONDENT,
v.
JAMES CONLEY, DEFENDANT-APPELLANT. No. A-90
The Supreme Court of New Jersey.https://leagle.com/images/logo.png
Argued February 22, 1971.
Decided May 10, 1971.
Attorney(s) appearing for the Case
Mr. Leonard H. Wallach, Assistant Director, Camden Regional Legal Services, Inc., argued the cause for appellant Gloria Rodriguez (Mr. David H. Dugan, III, Director, Camden Regional Legal Services, Inc., attorney; Mr. Joseph V. Ippolito and Mr. Allen S. Zeller, Camden Regional Legal Services on the brief).
Mr. Isaiah Steinberg, City Attorney for City of Camden, argued the cause for the respondents William Rosenblatt and Theodore Davis.
Mr. Michael S. Bokar, Senior Attorney, Legal Aid Society of Mercer County, argued the cause for appellant James Conley.
Mr. Andrew J. Smithson, Assistant Prosecutor, argued cause for respondent State of New Jersey (Mr. Bruce M. Schragger, Mercer County Prosecutor, attorney).
Mr. Barry H. Evenchick, Chief, Appellate Section, Division of Criminal Justice, argued the cause for the Attorney General of New Jersey amicus curiae (Mr. George F. Kugler, Jr., Attorney General of New Jersey, attorney; Mr. John A. Brogan, Deputy Attorney General, of counsel and on the brief).
The Supreme Court of New Jersey.
The opinion of the Court was delivered by JACOBS, J.
The question presented in these appeals is whether indigent defendants charged in municipal court proceedings with disorderly person offenses are entitled to have counsel assigned to them. R. 3:27-2; In re Garofone,42 N.J. 244, 246 (1964). The lower courts held that they were not and we certified the ensuing appeals while they were awaiting argument in the Appellate...
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