Anthony novellino trial

Addressing the court, Anthony Novellino said, "It's a tragedy what happened. I'm sorry for my part in it. Anthony Novellino added that their divorce "was not simple" and it "became a personal matter. Family member got involved in it way before papers were given to me. The courtroom was crowded with family members and friends supporting Judith Novellino, and they praised the sentence, the prosecutors and the judge.

Knowing the extremes to which he has gone for revenge, we fear he will kill again if given the opportunity for freedom. Several neighbors and the Novellinos' adult daughter, Christina German, testified that in the days after the divorce became final, Anthony Novellino was becoming increasingly concerned about how their property would be divided. Anthony Novellino, who told one neighbor his wife was a "pig," mailed out a photo of a couch that he said was soiled with his wife's urine stains.

Calderwood, urging a life sentence, pointed out that Anthony Novellino "blew up that picture to poster size and hung it on the wall so that every time she came to retrieve her belongings, she saw that. He humiliated her. Calderwood added that "The death of Judith Novellino was on his mind before June Gallery: Opening statements in the murder trial of Anthony Novellino.

Novellino, who has frequently been in trouble with the law. According to authorities, the older Novellino, now 66, stabbed his wife 84 times with an eight-inch kitchen knife on June 19, , after he found her in their home retrieving her belongings 11 days after their bitter divorce became final. This was not self-defense. A state appellate court panel has upheld the murder conviction and year sentence imposed on Anthony F.

Novellino, who was found guilty at trial of stabbing his ex-wife 84 times at their Denville home in and placing a pig mask over her face. Novellino, now 70 and incarcerated at New Jersey State Prison, had claimed in his appeal that prejudicial evidence was presented to a Morris County jury at his murder trial in and that his year sentence was excessive. The appellate panel rejected all his arguments and found that then-Superior Court Judge Robert Gilson, who now serves on the Appellate Division, made correct evidential rulings.

The rubber, Halloween-style pig mask found on the victim's face was displayed to the jury despite efforts by Novellino's defense lawyer to keep the grotesque object out of the case.

Further, evidence concerning the mask undermined defendant's theories that he acted in self-defense or by passion and provocation. We are therefore convinced that the premise for defendant's various arguments that the court erred in admitting the evidence - that the mask had little probative value - is wholly contradicted by the record," the court said.

Novellino didn't testify at his trial but the jury heard about nine hours of statements he made to detectives over the course of days, including his remarks that victim Judith Novellino jabbed at him first with a knife and he defended himself, at their marital home in Denville. Novellino also claimed that he didn't knowingly and voluntarily make admissions to police and they didn't honor his request to speak to an attorney.