The State of New Jersey, Plaintiff-Respondent v. Marvin R. Mathis, Defendant-Appellant

Summary

The Supreme Court of New Jersey reversed Mathis' first‑degree murder conviction and remanded for a new trial, holding that the State need not elect a single robbery‑murder theory, that the trial court erred by striking evidence of a completed robbery and by refusing a second‑degree murder instruction, and that the State's cross‑examination about the defendant's financial need was improper.