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STATE v. CARTER

91 N.J. 86 (1982)

449 A.2d 1280

STATE OF NEW JERSEY, PLAINTIFF-RESPONDENT, v. RUBIN CARTER AND JOHN ARTIS, DEFENDANTS-APPELLANTS.

The Supreme Court of New Jersey.

Decided August 17, 1982.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Leon Friedman and Myron Beldock, members of the New York bar, argued the cause for appellant Rubin Carter (Busch & Busch and Perkins & Cassidy, attorneys; Leon Friedman, Myron Beldock, Thomas I. Atkins, Charles E. Carter and James I. Meyerson, members of the New York bar, of counsel).

Lewis M. Steel, a member of the New York bar, argued the cause for appellant John Artis (Louis S. Raveson, Jeffrey E. Fogel and Perkins & Cassidy, attorneys; Lewis M. Steel, Leon Friedman, Thomas I. Atkins, Charles E. Carter and James I. Meyerson, members of the New York bar, of counsel).

John P. Goceljak, First Assistant Prosecutor, and Ronald G. Marmo, Chief Assistant Prosecutor, argued the cause for respondent (Joseph A. Falcone, Passaic County Prosecutor, attorney).

The opinion of the Court was delivered by SCHREIBER, J.

This is another episode arising out of the murder convictions of Rubin Carter and John Artis. The matter first came before us in 1969 following their convictions for the murders of a bartender and two patrons in the Lafayette Bar and Grill in the City of Paterson. Three life sentences were imposed on each defendant. Two consecutive life sentences were imposed upon Carter, with the third to be concurrent with...

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