STATE v. WOOTEN


135 N.J. Super. 6 (1975)

342 A.2d 549

STATE OF NEW JERSEY, PLAINTIFF-RESPONDENT, v. THOMAS WOOTEN, DEFENDANT-APPELLANT.

Superior Court of New Jersey, Appellate Division.

Decided June 23, 1975.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Arnold M. Mellk, Deputy Public Defender, argued the cause for appellant (Mr. Stanley C. Van Ness, Public Defender, attorney; Mr. Robert Martin, Designated Counsel, on the brief).

Miss Barbara Ann Villano, Deputy Attorney General, argued the cause for respondent (Mr. William F. Hyland, Attorney General of New Jersey, attorney).

Before Judges KOLOVSKY, LYNCH and ALLCORN.


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

Defendant was brought to trial on a ten-count indictment returned by the State Grand Jury charging defendant, who was then an inmate in the New Jersey State Prison at Rahway, with having committed various crimes during the course of disturbances at the prison which occurred on November 24 and 25, 1971.

No evidence was offered by the State with respect...

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