STATE v. WARD


57 N.J. 75 (1970)

270 A.2d 1

STATE OF NEW JERSEY, PLAINTIFF-RESPONDENT, v. STEPHEN DOUGLAS WARD, DEFENDANT-APPELLANT.

The Supreme Court of New Jersey.

Decided October 26, 1970.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Stanley C. Van Ness, Public Defender, argued the cause for defendant-appellant (Mr. Richard Newman, Deputy Public Defender, on the brief).

Mr. Samuel J. Serata, Assistant Prosecutor, argued the cause for plaintiff-respondent (Mr. Joseph Tuso, Prosecutor for Cumberland County, attorney; Mr. Samuel J. Serata on the brief).


The opinion of the court was delivered by PROCTOR, J.

The defendant, Stephen Douglas Ward, was found guilty by a jury of possessing marihuana in violation of N.J.S.A. 24:18-4, and was sentenced to serve a State Prison term of two to three years and fined $100. He appealed his conviction and sentence to the Appellate Division. That court, in an unreported opinion, affirmed the conviction but expressed its view that a sentence to the reformatory rather than State...

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