Case Name: STATE OF NEW JERSEY, PLAINTIFF-APPELLANT, v. FRANCISCO HERNANDEZ AND WALTER RUTKOWSKI, DEFENDANTS-RESPONDENTS
Court: Supreme Court of New Jersey
Jurisdiction: New Jersey
Decision Date: 1979-02-05
Citations: 78 N.J. 541
Docket Number: 
Parties: STATE OF NEW JERSEY, PLAINTIFF-APPELLANT, v. FRANCISCO HERNANDEZ AND WALTER RUTKOWSKI, DEFENDANTS-RESPONDENTS.
Judges: 
Reporter: New Jersey Reports
Volume: 78
Pages: 541–543

Head Matter:
STATE OF NEW JERSEY, PLAINTIFF-APPELLANT, v. FRANCISCO HERNANDEZ AND WALTER RUTKOWSKI, DEFENDANTS-RESPONDENTS.
Argued January 9, 1979
Decided February 5, 1979.
Mr. Francis P. DeStefano, Assistant Prosecutor, argued the cause for appellant (Mr. James T. O’Halloran, Hudson County Prosecutor, attorney).
Mr. Thomas A. Penn, Deputy Attorney General, argued the cause for amicus curiae Attorney General of New Jersey (Mr. John J. Degnan, Attorney General of New Jersey, attorney pro se).
Mr. Stanford M. Singer, Assistant Deputy Public Defender, argued the cause for respondent Hernandez (Mr. Stanley C. Van Ness, Public Defender, attorney).
Mr. Isidore Hornstein argued the cause for respondent Rutkowski.

Opinion:
Per Curiam.
The judgment is affirmed substantially for the reasons expressed in the majority opinion of the Appellate Division, reported at 159 N. J. Super. 304 ,(1978).