State of New Jersey, Plaintiff-Respondent v. Stanley Cliff Smith, A/k/a Jerry Johnson

Summary

The Supreme Court of New Jersey affirmed the murder conviction, holding that the telephone toll‑billing records and evidence derived therefrom were admissible despite defects in the warrant affidavits, and that the prosecutor's summation remarks did not rise to the level of misconduct warranting a new trial. The Court rejected the defendant's arguments on both the exclusionary rule and prosecutorial misconduct.