State v. Rama

Full title: STATE OF NEW JERSEY, PLAINTIFF-RESPONDENT, v. JOHN RAMA…

Court: Supreme Court of New Jersey

Date published: Mar 11, 1998

707 A.2d 999 (N.J. 1998)

707 A.2d 999

Opinion

Argued February 2, 1998 —

Decided March 11, 1998.

Appeal from Superior Court, Appellate Division.

Matthew Astore, Deputy Public Defender II, argued the cause for appellant ( Ivelisse Torres, Public Defender, attorney).

Joan E. Love, Assistant Prosecutor, argued the cause for respondent ( Clifford J. Minor, Essex County Prosecutor, attorney).

Paul H. Heinzel, Deputy Attorney General, argued the cause for amicus curiae, Attorney General of New Jersey ( Peter Verniero, Attorney General, attorney).

PER CURIAM.

The judgment is affirmed, substantially for the reasons expressed in Judge D'Annunzio's majority opinion for the Appellate Division, reported at 298 N.J. Super. 339, 689 A.2d 776 (1997).

For affirmance — Chief Justice PORITZ, and Justices HANDLER, POLLOCK, O'HERN, GARIBALDI, STEIN and COLEMAN — 7.

Opposed — None.