Appeal dismissed for want of substantial federal question.
JUSTICE BRENNAN, with whom JUSTICE MARSHALL joins, dissenting.
The appellant Charles Wright was convicted of possessing an "exacto" knife. Under New Jersey law, possession of this sort of object is entirely legal in most circumstances; possession becomes unlawful only "under circumstances not manifestly appropriate for such lawful uses as it may have." N.J. Stat. Ann. § 2C:39-5d (West 1982...
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