State v. Yarbough

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• noting that contemporary model for sentencing in New Jersey is “based on notions of proportionality and desert”
• noting that “much remain[ed] to be done” to further the goal of predictable uniformity in sentencing -- “a goal that we shall continue to seek”
• adopting criteria for trial judges to consider in determining whether concurrent or consecutive sentences are warranted
• remanding for resentencing because the court used certain facts that the Legislature used to establish the degree of the crime as aggravating factors
• adopting six criteria to guide the decision to sentence defendants concurrently or consecutively
• finding facts that the Legislature has incorporated into the Code as part of the original grading of the offense are not to be weighed as aggravating and mitigating factors to arrive at the appropriate sentence

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).