Supreme Court of New Jersey· 2/28/2001

State v. Thomas

Citations

767 A.2d 459
166 N.J. 560
767 A.2d 560
2001 N.J. LEXIS 180

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recognizing that the Legislature would not generally use a different meaning for the same word in a legislative provision unless a different purpose was intended
holding that \NERA would apply to the M.T.S.-type cases under today's ruling\
noting that the policy behind a statute should be considered in ascertaining the Legislature's intent
NERA issue contested at time of plea; independent proof must be presented in a manner consistent with Johnson, when NERA factor is not element of the offense
where the elements of the crime the jury returned a verdict on do not facially contain proof of a NERA predicate, there must be proof of an independent act suppling that predicate
“If the statute is clear and unambiguous on its face and admits of only one interpretation, we need delve no deeper than the act’s literal terms to divine the Legislature’s intent.” (citation omitted)

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Judges: Coleman, Poritz

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