STATE v. McCLAIN


263 N.J. Super. 488 (1993)

623 A.2d 280

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

Superior Court of New Jersey, Appellate Division.

Decided April 13, 1993.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jay L. Wilensky, Assistant Deputy Public Defender, argued the cause for appellant (Zulima V. Farber, Public Defender, attorney; Mr. Wilensky, of counsel and on the brief).

Ronald McClain, appellant, filed a pro se supplemental brief.

Robert E. Bonpietro, Deputy Attorney General, argued the cause for respondent (Robert J. Del Tufo, Attorney General, attorney; Mr. Bonpietro, of counsel and on the brief).

Before Judges BRODY, LANDAU and THOMAS.


The opinion of the court was delivered by BRODY, J.A.D.

Following a jury trial defendant was convicted as an accomplice of felony murder, a violation of N.J.S.A. 2C:11-3a(3). The trial judge imposed a prison sentence of thirty years without parole, the mandatory minimum term for the crime. The accomplice had wrenched a pocketbook from the grasp of a 69-year-old woman while she was walking on the sidewalk. The pocketbook's shoulder strap broke in the struggle...

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