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STATE v. GRIFFIN

120 N.J. Super. 13 (1972)

293 A.2d 217

STATE OF NEW JERSEY, PLAINTIFF-RESPONDENT, v. BOBBY LEE GRIFFIN, DEFENDANT-APPELLANT. STATE OF NEW JERSEY, PLAINTIFF-RESPONDENT, v. NATHANIEL GRIFFIN, DEFENDANT-APPELLANT.

Superior Court of New Jersey, Appellate Division.

Decided July 5, 1972.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Arthur Penn, First Assistant Deputy Public Defender, argued the cause for appellants (Ms. Rita L. Bender, Assistant Deputy Public Defender, of counsel and on the brief; Mr. Stanley C. Van Ness, Public Defender, attorney).

Mr. John J. Hughes, Assistant Prosecutor, argued the cause for respondent (Mr. Geoffrey Gaulkin, Hudson County Prosecutor, attorney).

Before Judges CONFORD, MATTHEWS, and FRITZ.

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

Defendants, convicted by a jury of murder in the second degree, are brothers. The death involved resulted from a fight which had its genesis earlier in the day and culminated in a shooting spree in front of a tavern in the evening. Defendant Bobby Lee Griffin does not deny having shot the decedent. He asserts that his action was in his defense and in defense of defendant Nathaniel Griffin. Nor is the State's...

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