State of New Jersey, Plaintiff-Respondent v. John Chew, Defendant-Appellant

Summary

The Supreme Court of New Jersey reversed and remanded the post‑conviction relief denial, holding that defense counsel’s failure to call Dr. Cooke constituted ineffective assistance in the penalty phase, while affirming the PCR court’s findings that the denial defense strategy and the lack of a general accomplice charge were not deficient. Justice Verniero concurred in part and dissented in part, disagreeing on the penalty‑phase claim.