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STATE v. KNIGHT

72 N.J. 193 (1976)

369 A.2d 913

STATE OF NEW JERSEY, PLAINTIFF-RESPONDENT, v. HORACE KNIGHT, DEFENDANT-APPELLANT.

The Supreme Court of New Jersey.

Decided December 17, 1976.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ms. Cynthia M. Jacob, Designated Counsel, argued the cause for appellant (Mr. Stanley C. Van Ness, Public Defender, attorney; Mr. William E. Norris, Assistant Deputy Public Defender, of counsel and on the brief).

Ms. Marianne Espinosa, Deputy Attorney General, argued the cause for respondent (Mr. William F. Hyland, Attorney General of New Jersey, attorney; Mr. Richard J. Engelhardt, Deputy Attorney General, of counsel and on the brief).

PER CURIAM.

This appeal, brought here by virtue of a dissent in the Appellate Division, R. 2:2-1(a)(2), raises only the question of the propriety of sentences of the defendant to State Prison on narcotics distribution and possession charges for aggregate terms of 5-7 years. The dispute in the Appellate Division was as to whether defendant, a 22 year old heroin addict never previously incarcerated, should more appropriately have been sentenced to the Youth Correctional...

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