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STATE v. LAMB

71 N.J. 545 (1976)

366 A.2d 981

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

The Supreme Court of New Jersey.

Decided December 8, 1976.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

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

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

The opinion of the court was delivered by SULLIVAN, J.

Defendant, Sarah Jean Lamb, was convicted of second degree murder for the fatal stabbing of her estranged husband and was sentenced to a term of 12 to 15 years to be served in the New Jersey Correctional Institute for Women. On appeal, the Appellate Division reversed the judgment of conviction finding trial errors which it held, in the aggregate, prejudiced defendant's...

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