State of New Jersey, Plaintiff-Respondent v. Teddy Rose, Defendant-Appellant

Summary

The New Jersey Supreme Court affirmed Teddy Rose's murder convictions but set aside his death sentence, remanding for a new sentencing proceeding because the trial court failed to give a limiting instruction on the admission of past conduct evidence in the penalty phase. Justice Handler dissented, arguing that the murder conviction should also be reversed, while Justice Clifford concurred with the reversal of the death sentence but not with overturning the conviction.