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STATE v. JONES

160 N.J. Super. 146 (1978)

388 A.2d 1332

STATE OF NEW JERSEY, RESPONDENT, v. ELLIS MAJOR JONES, APPELLANT.

Superior Court of New Jersey, Appellate Division.

Decided June 20, 1978.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Stanley C. Van Ness, Public Defender, attorney for appellant (Mr. Robert J. Konzelmann, Assistant Deputy Public Defender, of counsel and on the brief).

Mr. John J. Degnan, Attorney General, attorney for respondent (Mr. Mark Paul Cronin, Deputy Attorney General, of counsel and on the brief).

Before Judges ALLCORN, HORN and FURMAN.

PER CURIAM.

Defendant was convicted of assault with an offensive weapon contrary to N.J.S.A. 2A:90-3. On appeal he urges that his conviction should be reversed because, as a matter of law, the starter's pistol which he pointed at the complaining witness was not an offensive weapon within the statutory intent. Concededly there is no statutory definition of offensive weapon.

According to the testimony, defendant's starter's pistol had the appearance of...

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