Supreme Court of New Jersey· 8/2/2005

State v. Abdullah

Citations

878 A.2d 746
184 N.J. 497
2005 N.J. LEXIS 939

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holding that, where defendant had no statutory presumption to concurrent sentencing, Apprendi and Blakely are not violated even where common law requires trial court to apply certain criteria when determining whether to impose consecutive sentences
remanding for resentencing on burglary conviction in light of Natale II but affirming life sentence for murder and accompanying parole disqualifier as not implicating Sixth Amendment concerns
upholding constitutionality of N.J.S.A. 2C:44-5, which permits imposition of consecutive sentences based on judicial factfinding
instructing trial courts to consider the fairness of the overall 50 A-5289-17 sentence
reminding our courts “that when imposing either consecutive or concurrent sentences, ‘[t]he focus should be on the fairness of the overall sentence,’ and that they should articulate the reasons for their decisions with specific reference to the Yarbough factors”

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