State of New Jersey, Plaintiff-Respondent v. Sylvester Johnson, Stanley Cassidy and Wayne Godfrey…

Summary

The Supreme Court of New Jersey affirmed the convictions and death sentences of Wayne Godfrey, Sylvester Johnson, and Stanley Cassidy for first‑degree murder. The Court held that the defendants' confessions were properly admitted without independent proof of an attempted robbery, that the trial court did not abuse its discretion in refusing severance, and that the prosecutor's summation remarks did not prejudice the defendants' right to a fair trial. The Court also found no error in the defendants' waiver of further proof of voluntariness of the confessions.