James K. Brown, in Error v. the State of New Jersey, in Error

Summary

The Supreme Court of New Jersey affirmed the conviction of James K. Brown for first‑degree murder, holding that the statute permitting a struck jury and limiting peremptory challenges to five does not violate the state constitution’s guarantee of an impartial jury. The Court rejected the plaintiff’s arguments that the indictment must allege the victim was a police officer and that the statute infringed constitutional rights.