State v. Wright
| Decision Date | 28 January 1975 |
| Citation | 332 A.2d 606,66 N.J. 466 |
| Parties | STATE of New Jersey, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Sarah WRIGHT, Defendant-Respondent. |
| Court | New Jersey Supreme Court |
Carl W. Swanson, Jr., Asst. Prosecutor, for plaintiff-appellant (John S. Kuhlthau, Middlesex County Prosecutor, attorney).
Jane G. Kleinfeld, Asst. Deputy Public Defender, for defendant-respondent (Stanley Van Ness, Public Defender, attorney).
The judgment of the Appellate Division is reversed, and the conviction for manslaughter is reinstated and the conviction for child neglect is vacated substantially for the reasons expressed by Judge Allcorn in his dissenting opinion reported at 132 N.J.Super. 130, 147,322 A.2d 614--625 (1974).
For reversal: Chief Justice HUGHES, Justices JACOBS, MOUNTAIN, SULLIVAN PASHMAN and CLIFFORD and Judge KOLOVSKY--7.
For affirmance: None.
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