State of New Jersey, Plaintiff-Respondent v. Leslie Ann Nelson, Defendant-Appellant

Summary

The Supreme Court of New Jersey vacated Leslie Nelson's death sentence and remanded for a new sentencing proceeding, finding reversible error in the trial court's ambiguous verdict sheet and its failure to clarify jury confusion, as well as reversible prosecutorial misconduct. Justice Zazzali authored the majority; separate concurring and dissenting opinions address constitutional concerns and the scope of the error.