STATE v. COURTNEY

A-17 September Term 2019 082857.

233 A.3d 454 (2020)

243 N.J. 77

STATE of New Jersey, Plaintiff-Respondent, v. Rahsjahn COURTNEY, Defendant-Appellant.

Supreme Court of New Jersey.

Decided July 7, 2020.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Daniel S. Rockoff , Assistant Deputy Public Defender, argued the cause for appellant ( Joseph E. Krakora , Public Defender, attorney; Daniel S. Rockoff , of counsel and on the briefs).

Paul H. Heinzel , Assistant Prosecutor, argued the cause for respondent ( Michael H. Robertson , Somerset County Prosecutor, attorney; Paul H. Heinzel , Trenton, of counsel and on the briefs).

Jennifer E. Kmieciak , Deputy Attorney General, argued the cause for amicus curiae Attorney General of New Jersey ( Gurbir S. Grewal , Attorney General, attorney; Jennifer E. Kmieciak , Trenton, of counsel and on the brief).

Aidan P. O'Connor , Hackensack, argued the cause for amicus curiae Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers of New Jersey ( Pashman Stein Walder Hayden , attorneys; CJ Griffin and Dillon McGuire , Hackensack, on the brief).


The Comprehensive Drug Reform Act of 1987 (CDRA) imposes mandatory sentences and periods of parole ineligibility for certain offenses, N.J.S.A. 2C:43-6(f); it also provides an exception to the imposition of such sentences in the context of a negotiated plea agreement, N.J.S.A. 2C:35-12 (Section...

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