The opinion of the Court was delivered by O’HERN, J. This is a capital murder case. A jury has found defendant John Chew guilty of murdering his former companion in order to obtain insurance proceeds on her life. Major issues raised in his appeal are: (1) whether the statutory aggravating factor, N.J.S.A 2C:11-3 c(4)(d), which makes death-eligible a “murder as consideration for the receipt, or in expec…
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