STATE v. TURNER


310 N.J. Super. 423 (1998)

STATE OF NEW JERSEY, PLAINTIFF-RESPONDENT, v. JEANIE TURNER, A/K/A DONNA TURNER, DEFENDANT-APPELLANT. STATE OF NEW JERSEY, PLAINTIFF-RESPONDENT, v. SHEILA TURNER, DEFENDANT-APPELLANT. STATE OF NEW JERSEY, PLAINTIFF-RESPONDENT, v. JEANETTE BILLINGS, DEFENDANTS-APPELLANTS. STATE OF NEW JERSEY, PLAINTIFF-RESPONDENT, v. DONALD TURNER, SR., DEFENDANT-APPELLANT. STATE OF NEW JERSEY, PLAINTIFF-RESPONDENT, v. DONALD TURNER, JR., DEFENDANT-APPELLANT.

Superior Court of New Jersey, Appellate Division.

Decided March 25, 1998.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ivelisse Torres, Public Defender, attorney for appellant Jeanie Turner (Arthur M. Peslak, Designated Counsel, of counsel and on the brief).

Ivelisse Torres, Public Defender, attorney for appellant Sheila Turner (Ruth Bove Carlucci, Assistant Deputy Public Defender, of counsel and on the brief).

Eldridge Hawkins, attorney for appellants Jeanette Billings and Donald Turner, Sr.

Ivelisse Torres, Public Defender, attorney for appellant Donald Turner, Jr. (Richard Sparaco, Designated Counsel, of counsel and on the brief).

Clifford J. Minor, Essex County Prosecutor, attorney for respondent (Maryann K. Lynch, Assistant Prosecutor, of counsel and on the brief).

Before Judges DREIER, KEEFE and PAUL G. LEVY.


The opinion of the court was delivered by PAUL G. LEVY, J.A.D.

A family dispute erupted between defendants and their two cousins over the title to a residence in East Orange. The conflict eventuated in this criminal prosecution culminating in defendants' convictions of criminal restraint, assault and illegal possession of a handgun. Each defendant was sentenced to a net minimum term of three years imprisonment, and...

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