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STATE v. HARMON

104 N.J. 189 (1986)

516 A.2d 1047

STATE OF NEW JERSEY, PLAINTIFF-RESPONDENT, v. RONALD JOSEPH HARMON, DEFENDANT-APPELLANT.

The Supreme Court of New Jersey.

Decided October 14, 1986.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Peter B. Meadow, Assistant Deputy Public Defender, argued the cause for appellant (Thomas S. Smith, Jr., Acting Public Defender, attorney).

Marijean Raffetto Stevens, Deputy Attorney General, argued the cause for respondent (W. Cary Edwards, Jr., Attorney General of New Jersey, attorney).

The opinion of the Court was delivered by O'HERN, J.

A jury convicted defendant under N.J.S.A. 2C:39-4(a) of "possession of [a] firearm with a purpose to use it unlawfully" for drawing a BB gun during an argument with another young man and threatening its use. The offense is a second-degree crime, punishable by up to ten-years' imprisonment, that also triggers the mandatory-minimum-sentencing provisions of the Graves Act, N.J.S.A. 2C:43-6(c) to -6(d...

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