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STATE v. LAMB

134 N.J. Super. 575 (1975)

342 A.2d 533

STATE OF NEW JERSEY, PLAINTIFF-RESPONDENT, v. SARAH JEAN LAMB, DEFENDANT-APPELLANT.

Superior Court of New Jersey, Appellate Division.

Decided June 19, 1975.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. William L. Roughton, Assistant Deputy Public Defender, argued the cause for appellant (Mr. Stanley C. Van Ness, Public Defender, attorney; Mr. Michael Suffness, Assistant Deputy Public Defender, of counsel and on the brief).

Mr. Lowell Espey, Deputy Attorney General, argued the cause for respondent (Mr. William F. Hyland, Attorney General of New Jersey, attorney; Mr. William Welaj, Deputy Attorney General, on the brief).

Before Judges MATTHEWS, FRITZ and BOTTER.

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

Defendant appeals from her conviction by a jury of second degree murder. The difficult question in the case involves defendant's duty to retreat vel non in the circumstances here presented, a distinct variation on the theme already orchestrated by State v. Pontery, 19 N.J. 457 (1955), State v. Abbott, 36 N.J. 63 (1961), State...

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