State of New Jersey, Plaintiff-Respondent v. Ronald Joseph Harmon, Defendant-Appellant

Summary

The Supreme Court of New Jersey reversed Ronald Harmon’s convictions for possession of a firearm with an unlawful purpose and for possession without a permit, holding that the jury instructions failed to require proof of a specific intent to use the weapon to commit a crime and that self‑defense is not a relevant justification to the unlawful‑purpose element; the case was remanded for a new trial.