Citation: State v. Canola Supreme Court of New Jersey 73 N.J. 206, 374 A.2d 20 (1977)
Pages in text: 517-523
Key Facts:
In this case, we have four men Canola, Lloredo and two other co-felons’ who were in the process of robbing a jewelry store. Once the felons confronted the victim (store owner), it eventually led to a physical interaction with the store owner as he attempted to defend himself in the course of the robbery. The owner began to fire shots at the defendant in an act of self-defense. The defendant (Canola) yells for assistance, then a second conspirator (Lloredo) retuned fire back at the owner. Both owner and criminal where shot and seriously injured after the altercation and later presumed dead. The defendant and his two other accomplices, where later apprehended and charged for two counts of murder and one count of armed-robbery each.
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Due to the fact that the defendant’s where committing the crime, they are held responsible for any casualties that transpire in development to the crime. After the first trial, all three defendants where found guilty for both murder counts and punished to two consecutive life sentences. They immediately appealed and argued they shouldn’t be held responsible for the death of there co-felon (Lloredo) because he was an accomplice. The Appellate Division upheld the murder of the victim and dismissed the co-felon’s death, the prosecutor then