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STATE v. LOFTIN

724 A.2d 129 (1999)

157 N.J. 253

STATE of New Jersey, Plaintiff-Respondent, v. Donald LOFTIN, Defendant-Appellant.

Supreme Court of New Jersey.

Decided February 1, 1999.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mordecai D. Garelick and Daniel V. Gautieri, Assistant Deputy Public Defenders, for defendant-appellant (Ivelisse Torres, Public Defender, attorney; Mr. Garelick, Mr. Gautieri and Claudia Van Wyk, Deputy Public Defender II, on the briefs).

Paul H. Heinzel, Deputy Attorney General, for plaintiff-respondent (Peter Verniero, Attorney General of New Jersey, attorney).

Lawrence S. Lustberg for amici curiae Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers of New Jersey and New Jersey State Conference of NAACP Branches (Gibbons, Del Deo, Dolan, Griffinger & Vecchione, attorneys; Mr. Lustberg, James E. Ryan and Laura K. Abel, on the briefs).

The opinion of the Court was delivered by PORITZ, C.J.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

    I. The Origin and History of Proportionality Review ..............................135
       A. From Furman to Pulley ......................................................135
       B. Proportionality Review in Other States .....................................136
       C. Proportionality Review in New Jersey...

                    
                    
                    

                        

                            

                                
                            

                            

                                

                                    
    
                                        
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