Walsh v. State

Decision Date05 March 1997
Citation147 N.J. 595,689 A.2d 131
PartiesStephen P. WALSH, Plaintiff-Respondent, v. STATE of New Jersey, Department of the Public Advocate, Office of the Public Defender, Public Defender, Defendants-Appellants.
CourtNew Jersey Supreme Court

On appeal from the Superior Court, Appellate Division, whose opinion is reported at 290 N.J.Super. 1, 674 A.2d 988 (1996).

Lewis A. Scheindlin, Deputy Attorney General, for defendants-appellants (Peter G. Verniero, Attorney General of New Jersey, attorney; Mary C. Jacobson, Assistant Attorney General, of counsel; Mr. Scheindlin and Perry L. Lattiboudere, Deputy Attorney General, on the briefs).

Matthew S. Rogers, Hackensack, for plaintiff-respondent (Contant, Scherby & Atkins, attorneys; Andrew T. Fede, on the brief).

PER CURIAM.

The judgment is reversed, substantially for the reasons expressed in Judge Skillman's dissenting opinion of the Appellate Division, reported at 290 N.J.Super. 13, 674 A.2d 988 (1996).

For reversal--Chief Justice PORITZ and Justices HANDLER, POLLOCK, O'HERN, GARIBALDI, STEIN and COLEMAN--7.

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