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STATE v. COMPTON

304 N.J. Super. 477 (1997)

STATE OF NEW JERSEY, PLAINTIFF-RESPONDENT, v. DAVID T. COMPTON, DEFENDANT-APPELLANT.

Superior Court of New Jersey, Appellate Division.

Decided October 8, 1997.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Susan L. Reisner, Public Defender, attorney for appellant (Thomas J. Largey, Designated Counsel, on the brief).

Peter Verniero, Attorney General, attorney for respondent (Wendy Alice Way, Deputy Attorney General, of counsel and on the brief).

Before Judges HAVEY, KESTIN and EICHEN.

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

Defendant was charged with the murder of his four-and-one-half-month-old son, Ronald, and with second degree endangering the welfare of the child. He was convicted of lesser-included first degree aggravated manslaughter and of endangering as charged. After defendant's motion for a judgment of acquittal pursuant to R. 3:18-2 was denied, he was sentenced to the presumptive twenty-year term for the manslaughter...

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