STATE OF NEW JERSEY, PLAINTIFF-RESPONDENT,
v.
DWIGHT ROBERT BRIDGES, DEFENDANT-APPELLANT.
Superior Court of New Jersey, Appellate Division.https://leagle.com/images/logo.png
Submitted November 4, 1991.
Decided December 2, 1991.
Attorney(s) appearing for the Case
Merrill N. Rubin, attorney for appellant.
Robert J. Del Tufo, Attorney General of New Jersey, attorney for respondent (Nancy Peremes Barton, Deputy Attorney General, of counsel and on the letter brief).
Schachter, Trombadore, Offen, Stanton & Pavics, attorneys for The Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers of New Jersey, filed an amicus curiae brief (Thomas A. Pavics, on the brief).
Before Judges J.H. COLEMAN, BILDER and STERN.
Superior Court of New Jersey, Appellate Division.
The opinion of the court was delivered by COLEMAN, J.H., P.J.A.D.
The novel issue raised in this appeal is whether a split sentence permitted by N.J.S.A. 2C:43-2b(2) involves a "term of imprisonment ... or other disposition" within the contemplation of N.J.S.A. 2C:35-12. The answer is dispositive of whether a judge has discretion to sentence below the agreed upon "term of imprisonment." We hold that a...
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