IN RE CALLAN

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ms. Annamay T. Sheppard and Mr. Dickinson R. Debevoise argued the cause for appellants.

Mr. Ralph J. Jabbour, Assistant Prosecutor, argued the cause for respondent (Mr. Joseph P. Lordi, Essex County Prosecutor, attorney; Mr. Francis John Badach, Assistant Prosecutor, of counsel).

An amicus curiae brief was filed by Mr. Stanley C. Van Ness, Public Defender (Mr. Robert Westreich, Assistant Deputy Public Defender).

An amici curiae brief was filed by Mr. Frank Askin, Esquire, c/o Constitutional Litigation Clinic, for the following amici: Commission on Law & Social Action of the New Jersey Region of American Jewish Congress; The National Conference of Black Lawyers; The National Legal Aid and Defenders Association; The New Jersey Legal Services Project Directors Association; The American Civil Liberties Union of New Jersey; The Student Bar Association, Rutgers University School of Law, Newark, New Jersey.

Before Judges LEONARD, ALLCORN and CRAHAY.