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STATE v. SPINKS

66 N.J. 568 (1975)

334 A.2d 23

STATE OF NEW JERSEY, PLAINTIFF-APPELLANT, v. WILLIE SPINKS, DEFENDANT-RESPONDENT.

The Supreme Court of New Jersey.

Decided March 4, 1975.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. John De Cicco, Deputy Attorney General, argued the cause for plaintiff-appellant (Mr. William F. Hyland, Attorney General of New Jersey, attorney).

Mr. Gerald P. Boswell, Assistant Deputy Public Defender, argued the cause for defendant-respondent (Mr. Stanley C. Van Ness, Public Defender, attorney).

Mr. Edwin H. Stern, Special Deputy Attorney General, Acting Prosecutor of Hudson County, filed a Statement in Lieu of Brief on behalf of Intervenor Acting Hudson County Prosecutor.

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

We are here called upon to review the action of the Appellate Division modifying as excessive a sentence imposed on defendant by the trial court pursuant to a plea bargain.

On November 6, 1972 Willie Spinks, then 18 years of age, committed an armed robbery at a liquor store in Monmouth County. Six days later he participated in three more armed robberies at a gas station and two Cumberland Farms Stores...

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