Supreme Court orders new trial for 2 convicted in '08 murder
TRENTON, N.J. (AP) — Two men convicted of a 2008 murder should receive a new trial because prosecutors didn't turn over certain evidence to their defense attorneys until a week after their trial began, New Jersey's Supreme Court ordered Monday.
The case involved the dying man's last words and his wife who may have plotted to have him killed.
Monday's ruling faulted prosecutors for not turning over more than a dozen reports that contained facts related to testimony already given by investigators in the case. While the Supreme Court said those actions weren't malicious, they denied a fair trial to defendants William Brown and Nigil Dawson.