Case Name: STATE OF NEW JERSEY, PLAINTIFF-RESPONDENT, v. THOMAS WOOTEN, DEFENDANT-APPELLANT
Court: Supreme Court of New Jersey
Jurisdiction: New Jersey
Decision Date: 1977-06-01
Citations: 73 N.J. 317
Docket Number: 
Parties: STATE OF NEW JERSEY, PLAINTIFF-RESPONDENT, v. THOMAS WOOTEN, DEFENDANT-APPELLANT.
Judges: 
Reporter: New Jersey Reports
Volume: 73
Pages: 317–330

Head Matter:
STATE OF NEW JERSEY, PLAINTIFF-RESPONDENT, v. THOMAS WOOTEN, DEFENDANT-APPELLANT.
Argued September 13, 1976
Reargued December 9, 1976
Decided June 1, 1977.
Mr. Arnold Melik, Deputy Public Defender, and Mr. David R. Arrajj, Assistant Deputy Public Defender, argued the cause for appellant (Mr. Stanley G. Van Ness, Public Defender, attorney; Mr. Melik of counsel; Mr. Arrajj' and Mr. Ezra D. Rosenberg, Assistant Deputy Public Defender on the brief).
Mr. Steven M. Ingis, Deputy Attorney General, argued the cause for respondent (Mr. William F. Hyland, Attorney General of New Jersey, attorney; Mr. David S. Baime and Ms. Barbara Aim Villano, Deputy Attorneys General of counsel and on the brief).

Opinion:
Per Curiam.
The Court being equally divided, the judgment of the Appellate Division, 135 N. J. Super. 6, is affirmed.