STATE IN INTEREST OF K.O.

A-28 September Term 2012, 070406

85 A.3d 938 (2014)

217 N.J. 83

STATE of New Jersey IN the INTEREST OF K.O., a minor.

Supreme Court of New Jersey.

Decided February 24, 2014.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Alyssa A. Aiello , Assistant Deputy Public Defender, argued the cause for appellant K.O. ( Joseph E. Krakora , Public Defender, attorney).

Frank J. Ducoat , Deputy Attorney General, argued the cause for respondent State of New Jersey ( John J. Hoffman , Acting Attorney General, attorney).


Justice LaVECCHIA delivered the opinion of the Court.

Like adult offenders, juveniles adjudged delinquent can be sentenced to an extended-term custodial sentence. The Juvenile Justice Code (Code), N.J.S.A. 2A:4A-20 to-90, authorizes the imposition of an extended-term sentence in two situations and, in this matter, we must construe the statutory prerequisites for one of them.

N.J.S.A. 2A:4A-44(d)(3) authorizes the Family Part court to impose an...

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