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STATE v. CHEW

150 N.J. 30 (1997)

695 A.2d 1301

STATE OF NEW JERSEY, PLAINTIFF-RESPONDENT, v. JOHN CHEW, DEFENDANT-APPELLANT.

The Supreme Court of New Jersey.

Decided June 26, 1997.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Matthew Astore, Deputy Public Defender II, and Jacqueline E. Turner, Assistant Deputy Public Defender, argued the cause for appellant (Susan L. Reisner, Public Defender, attorney).

Bennett A. Barlyn, Deputy Attorney General, argued the cause for respondent (Peter Verniero, Attorney General of New Jersey, attorney).

The opinion of the Court was delivered by O'HERN, J.

This is a capital murder case. A jury has found defendant John Chew guilty of murdering his former companion in order to obtain insurance proceeds on her life. Major issues raised in his appeal are: (1) whether the statutory aggravating factor, N.J.S.A. 2C:11-3 c(4)(d), which makes death-eligible a "murder as consideration for the receipt, or in expectation of the receipt of anything of pecuniary value,"...

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