State of New Jersey, Plaintiff-Respondent v. Phillip Dixon, Defendant-Appellant

Summary

The Supreme Court of New Jersey vacated the death sentence because the jury was not instructed to determine whether the murder was capital, affirmed the non‑capital murder conviction, and remanded for resentencing on that count. The Court also held that the jury‑selection deficiencies and the admission of the movie clips did not rise to reversible error. Justice Handler, dissenting in part and concurring in part, argues that the voir dire and the film evidence were fundamentally unfair.