STATE v. SOUSS


65 N.J. 453 (1974)

323 A.2d 484

STATE OF NEW JERSEY, PLAINTIFF-RESPONDENT, v. LOUIS SOUSS, DEFENDANT-APPELLANT.

The Supreme Court of New Jersey.

Decided August 6, 1974.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Paul Alongi argued the cause for defendant-appellant (Messrs. Alongi, Bregg & DeVito, attorneys; Mr. Alongi and Mr. Francis M. DeVito on the brief).

Mr. John A. Matthews, III and Mr. R. Benjamin Cohen, Assistant Prosecutors, argued the cause for plaintiff-respondent (Mr. Joseph P. Lordi, Essex County Prosecutor, attorney; Mr. Matthews, Ms. Sara A. Friedman and Mr. Steven Jay Greenstein, Assistant Prosecutors, on the brief; Mr. Cohen, of counsel).


The opinion of the Court was delivered by CLIFFORD, J.

The sole issue raised by this appeal is the propriety of concurrent custodial sentences imposed on defendant after a guilty plea to charges of bookmaking and unlawful possession of lottery slips in violation of N.J.S.A. 2A:112-3 and N.J.S.A. 2A:121-3(b) respectively. The Appellate Division approved the sentences in an unreported opinion and this Court granted certification. We affirm.

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