· 3/13/1985
State v. Calvacca
Citations
- 489 A.2d 1199
- 199 N.J. Super. 434
How courts have described this case
Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.
- vacating part of a sentence to prevent \fundamentally unfair dual punishment\
- custodial sentence imposed for drunk-driving conviction \infringe[d] on [defendant's] right to fundamental fairness in sentencing\ where court relied on defendant's drunkenness in imposing custodial sentence for conviction of death by auto
- defendant convicted of causing death by auto, no double jeopardy bar to later prosecution for drunk driving because evidence of second was insufficient to establish by itself the necessary elements of first
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Judges: Judges Matthews, Furman and Havey
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