STATE OF NEW JERSEY, PLAINTIFF-RESPONDENT,
v.
ANN MARIE CHAMBERS, DEFENDANT-APPELLANT. STATE OF NEW JERSEY, PLAINTIFF-APPELLANT,
v.
DORIS VACCA, DEFENDANT-RESPONDENT. STATE OF NEW JERSEY, PLAINTIFF-RESPONDENT,
v.
VIOLA CANFORA, DEFENDANT-APPELLANT. STATE OF NEW JERSEY, PLAINTIFF-RESPONDENT,
v.
KATHERINE E. PURSGLOVE, DEFENDANT-APPELLANT. STATE OF NEW JERSEY, PLAINTIFF-RESPONDENT,
v.
DOROTHY COGLIANO, DEFENDANT-APPELLANT. STATE OF NEW JERSEY, PLAINTIFF-RESPONDENT,
v.
DOROTHY C. VERSACE, DEFENDANT-APPELLANT.
The Supreme Court of New Jersey.https://leagle.com/images/logo.png
Argued May 8, 1973.
Decided June 26, 1973.
Attorney(s) appearing for the Case
Mr. Edward Roy Rosen, Deputy Attorney General, argued the cause for the State of New Jersey (Mr. John A. Brogan, and Mr. Alfred J. Luciani, Deputy Attorneys General, on the brief; Mr. George A. Kugler, Jr., Attorney General of New Jersey, attorney).
Mr. Herman J. Ziegler argued the cause for appellant Canfora and respondent Vacca.
Mrs. Annamay T. Sheppard argued the cause for respondent Vacca and amicus curiae American Civil Liberties Union.
Mr. Benjamin Asbell argued the cause for appellant Pursglove (Messrs. Asbell, Ambrose, Ergood & Asbell, attorneys).
Mr. Harlan L. Schlossberg appeared for appellant Cogliano (Mr. Avrom J. Gold on the brief; Messrs. Mandelbaum, Mandelbaum & Gold, attorneys).
Ms. Jane G. Kleinfeld, Asst. Deputy Public Defender, appeared for appellant Versace (Ms. Susan T. Sinins, Assistant Deputy Public Defender, on the brief; Mr. Stanley C. Van Ness, Public Defender, attorney).
Mr. Charles Camp Cotton appeared for appellant Chambers.
The Supreme Court of New Jersey.
The opinion of the Court was delivered by SULLIVAN, J.
These six cases, consolidated on appeal and certified while pending unheard in the Appellate Division, are a sequel to State v. Costello,59 N.J. 334 (1971) wherein the Court questioned the constitutionality, on equal protection grounds, of the present New Jersey statutory provisions for the custodial sentencing of female criminal offenders insofar as they require the sentencing...
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