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STATE v. CAMERON

104 N.J. 42 (1986)

514 A.2d 1302

STATE OF NEW JERSEY, PLAINTIFF-APPELLANT AND CROSS-RESPONDENT, v. MICHELE LLOYD CAMERON, DEFENDANT-RESPONDENT AND CROSS-APPELLANT.

The Supreme Court of New Jersey.

Decided September 25, 1986.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Linda K. Calloway, Deputy Attorney General, argued the cause for appellant and cross-respondent (Irwin I. Kimmelman, former Attorney General of New Jersey, attorney).

Susan T. Sinins, Assistant Deputy Public Defender, argued the cause for respondent and cross-appellant (Thomas S. Smith, Jr., Acting Public Defender, attorney; Susan T. Sinins and Susan Green, Assistant Public Defender, on the briefs).

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

This appeal presents a narrow, but important, issue concerning the role that a defendant's voluntary intoxication plays in a criminal prosecution. The specific question is whether the evidence was sufficient to require the trial court to charge the jury on defendant's intoxication, as defendant requested. The Appellate Division reversed defendant's convictions, holding...

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