New Jersey Superior Court App Division· 10/12/2004

State v. Abdullah

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858 A.2d 19
372 N.J. Super. 252

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holding that the court did not abuse its discretion in admitting gruesome photographs of victim's body because they demonstrated the ferocity of the attack
“Legislative history is properly used as an aid to construction only when the statute is itself ambiguous. When the language of a statute expresses a clear and sensible meaning, this court will not look beyond it.”
trial court’s finding of three aggravating factors “used to justify the maximum second-degree ten-year term did not offend Blakely, as they were derived from defendant’s prior criminal record and, therefore, expressly excepted”

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Judges: Judges Petrella, Lintner and Yannotti

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