STATE v. CRUZ


232 N.J. Super. 294 (1989)

556 A.2d 1295

STATE OF NEW JERSEY, PLAINTIFF-APPELLANT, v. ERIC CRUZ, A/K/A EDDIE SANTIAGO, A/K/A ERIC QUINNONES, DEFENDANT-RESPONDENT.

Superior Court of New Jersey, Appellate Division.

Decided April 19, 1989.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Paul M. DePascale, Prosecutor of Hudson County, attorney for appellant (Sharon L. Oldknow, Assistant Prosecutor, on the letter brief).

Alfred A. Slocum, Public Defender, attorney for respondent (Virginia C. Saunders, Assistant Deputy Public Defender, of counsel and on the brief).

Before Judges J.H. COLEMAN and BAIME.


The opinion of the court was delivered by J.H. COLEMAN, P.J.A.D.

In this appeal, we must decide whether a sex offender convicted under Title 2A and is resentenced under the New Jersey Code of Criminal Justice (Code) may receive a term of parole ineligibility. The Resentencing Panel concluded that any period of parole ineligibility would be an increase in detention, contrary to N.J.S.A. 2C:1-1d(2). We hold that the Panel erred.

In 1976, defendant pleaded...

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