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State v. Smith

Citations

  • 276 A.2d 369
  • 58 N.J. 202
  • 1971 N.J. LEXIS 239

How courts have described this case

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  • concluding that requiring temporary forfeiture of a driver’s license for a single incident of marijuana use unconnected with actual driving has a reasonable relation to the legislative goals of punishment, deterrence, and rehabilitation
  • stating that “[i]n fixing a penalty for violation of its penal code, the Legislature may properly consider the elements of punishment, deterrence and rehabilitation”
  • law requiring suspension of driver's license for narcotics conviction rationally related to state interest in highway safety and deterrence of narcotics usage
  • law requiring suspension of driver’s license for narcotics conviction rationally related to state interest in highway safety and deterrence of narcotics usage
  • suspension of driver’s license of individual convicted of marihuana use unrelated to driving did not constitute cruel or unusual punishment
  • allowing lay testimony that a decedent was mentally unsound

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Judges: Francis

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