Court Opinion

ID: 9730562
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-26 15:15:57.63234+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T18:26:07.467243
License: Public Domain

Francis, J.
(concurring). I concur in the result reached in these cases. Moreover I agree thoroughly with the opinion of the Chief Justice with two qualifications which are relatively incidental to its principal thrust. Eor reasons expressed in my dissent in State v. Laws, 51 N. J. 494, pp. 549-555 (1968), I hold the view that neither a county prosecutor nor a trial court has authority to waive the death penalty in a first degree murder case, and further, 51 N. J. pp. 555-562, that our Court can and should adopt the bifurcated trial procedure in first degree murder cases.