117 N.J. 495
569 A.2d 770
Decided December 21, 1989
Supreme Court of New Jersey · decided 1989-12-21
Relies on 237 N.J. Super. 102 - State v. Bryant
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Decided 1989-12-21
Cited by 60 later decisions — most recently June 2015 · most notably 208 Wis. 2d 166 - In RE MARRIAGE OF COOK v. Cook (1997), Kinsella v. Kinsella (1997)
59 state decisions
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¶1 The State has appealed to this Court as of right by virtue of a partial dissent in the Appellate Division. Rule 2:2-1(a)(1). So much of the Appellate Division’s judgment as vacated defendant’s sentence is reversed, substantially for the reasons expressed in Judge Muir’s dissenting opinion, reported at 237 N.J.Super. 102 (1988).
¶2 For affirmance — None.
¶3 For reversal — Chief Justice WILENTZ and Justices CLIFFORD, HANDLER, POLLOCK, O’HERN, GARIBALDI ■ and STEIN — 7.