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STATE v. BLOME

209 N.J. Super. 227 (1986)

507 A.2d 283

STATE OF NEW JERSEY, PLAINTIFF-RESPONDENT, v. VALERIE BLOME, DEFENDANT-APPELLANT.

Superior Court of New Jersey, Appellate Division.

Decided April 1, 1986.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas S. Smith, Jr., Public Defender, attorney for appellant (Joseph D. O'Neill, Designated Counsel, of counsel and on the brief).

Valerie Blome, appellant, filed a supplemental brief pro se.

W. Cary Edwards, Attorney General of New Jersey, attorney for respondent (Jessica S. Oppenheim, Deputy Attorney General, of counsel and on the brief).

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

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

The crucial question raised by this appeal is whether the State should have been permitted to argue to the jury that defendant could have buttressed the credibility of her insanity defense by submitting to sodium amytal. Defendant was tried for murder, contrary to N.J.S.A. 2C:11-3, and unlawful possession of a shotgun, contrary to N.J.S.A. 2C:39-4a, 2C:39-5c and 2C:58-3. Defendant entered...

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