Supreme Court of New Jersey· 6/25/1987

State v. Weeks

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526 A.2d 1077
107 N.J. 396
1987 N.J. LEXIS 323

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holding that Legislature could not have intended “that the mastermind of an armed robbery could avoid a Graves Act sentence by having a confederate carry the gun”
holding that Legislature could not have intended \that the mastermind of an armed robbery could avoid a Graves Act sentence by having a confederate carry the gun\
finding that jury must be instructed that to find defendant guilty of crime under accomplice liability, defendant must have shared intent of crime's basic element
finding that jury must be instructed that to find defendant guilty of crime under accomplice liability, defendant must have shared intent of crime’s basic element
reaffirming that for accomplice to be subject to Graves Act sentence, he must be accomplice to Graves Act offense and have shared purpose to commit offense with firearm
reaffirming that for accomplice to be subject to Graves Act sentence, he must be accomplice to Graves Act offense and have shared purpose to commit offense with firearm

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Judges: O'Hern

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