3B:7-6 - Effect of final judgment of conviction - New Jersey Statutes

3B:7-6  Effect of final judgment of conviction.

3B:7-6.  A final judgment of conviction establishing responsibility for the intentional killing of the decedent is conclusive for purposes of this chapter.  In the absence of such a conviction the court may determine by a preponderance of evidence whether the individual was responsible for the intentional killing of the decedent for purposes of this chapter.

Amended 2004, c.132, s.61.