Supreme Court of New Jersey
State of New Jersey, Plaintiff-Respondent v. John Martini, Sr., Defendant-Appellant
February 9, 1993131 N.J. 176
Summary
The Supreme Court of New Jersey affirmed John Martini, Sr.'s conviction for capital murder and his death sentence, holding that the statutory notice of aggravating factors need not be included in the indictment, that Martini's confessions were properly admitted, that the voir dire was not constitutionally deficient, that the threatened statements to Mrs. Flax were admissible as part of the res gestae, and that the trial court's error in excluding the c(5)(g) mitigating factor was harmless. Justice Handler dissented, arguing that the errors warranted reversal.