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STATE v. COOPER

211 N.J. Super. 1 (1986)

510 A.2d 681

STATE OF NEW JERSEY, PLAINTIFF-RESPONDENT, v. ROBERT COOPER, DEFENDANT-APPELLANT. STATE OF NEW JERSEY, PLAINTIFF-RESPONDENT, v. WILLIE LEE LAWSON, DEFENDANT-APPELLANT.

Superior Court of New Jersey, Appellate Division.

Decided May 27, 1986.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Willard E. Byer, Jr., Designated Counsel, argued the cause for appellant Lawson.

Thomas S. Smith, Jr., Acting Public Defender, for defendant-appellant Cooper (Jack Gerber, Designated Counsel, of counsel and on the brief).

W. Cary Edwards, Attorney General, attorney (Jeffrey L. Menkin, Deputy Attorney General, of counsel and on the brief).

Before Judges MORTON I. GREENBERG, J.H. COLEMAN and LONG.

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

On these appeals, which have been consolidated for the purpose of this opinion, Willie Lee Lawson and Robert Cooper challenge their convictions for a series of crimes arising out of the robbery of the Howard Savings & Loan in Newark on November 28, 1980. During the course of the robbery Lawson shot and killed John Gottfried, a member of the Newark Police Department who was a customer at the bank.

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