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STATE v. WILSON

158 N.J. Super. 1 (1978)

385 A.2d 304

STATE OF NEW JERSEY, PLAINTIFF-RESPONDENT, v. BARBARA WILSON, DEFENDANT-APPELLANT.

Superior Court of New Jersey, Appellate Division.

Decided March 29, 1978.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Stanley C. Van Ness, Public Defender, attorney for the appellant (Mr. Daniel W. O'Mullan, Designated Attorney, of counsel and on the brief).

Mr. Thomas J. Shusted, Camden County Prosecutor, attorney for the respondent (Mr. Dennis G. Wixted, Assistant Prosecutor, of counsel and on the brief).

Before Judges FRITZ, BOTTER and ARD.

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

Defendant, an unwed mother, was charged with first degree murder of her son, age two months. The State alleged that she smothered him with a pillow. Tried to a jury, she was convicted of second-degree murder and sentenced to "an indeterminate term in the Reformatory for Women at Clinton not to exceed 30 years."

On appeal she urges as error:

(1) The...

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