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STATE v. YOUNG

77 N.J. 245 (1978)

390 A.2d 556

STATE OF NEW JERSEY, PLAINTIFF-RESPONDENT, v. ROOSEVELT YOUNG, DEFENDANT-APPELLANT.

The Supreme Court of New Jersey.

Decided July 20, 1978.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Stanford M. Singer, Assistant Deputy Public Defender, argued the cause for defendant-appellant (Mr. Stanley C. Van Ness, Public Defender, attorney).

Mr. Robert E. Rochford, Deputy Attorney General, argued the cause for plaintiff-respondent (Mr. John J. Degnan, Attorney General of New Jersey, attorney).

PER CURIAM.

The issues in this appeal are: (1) whether the "year and a day" common-law rule in murder cases has been the law of New Jersey to date; (2) whether the rule should now be abolished or altered judicially; and (3), if the answers to (1) and (2) are in the affirmative, whether such change in the law should be applied retroactively to the defendant, who shot his victim September 17, 1972, with resulting death on November 19, 1973, and was convicted of murder...

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