State v. Soricelli

The opinion of the Court was delivered by

STEIN, J.

Based on the dissent below, the State appeals to this Court as of right, R. 2:2-1, from a judgment of the Appellate Division affirming the Law Division’s resentencing of defendant to a three and one-half year probationary sentence based on defendant’s guilty plea to second-degree possession of phencyclidine (PCP) with intent to distribute, in violation of N.J.S.A. 2C:35-5(a)(l) and -5(b)(7), and his guilty plea to a violation of probation for a prior offense involving possession of PCP. State v. Soricelli, 302 N.J.Super. 193, 197-98, 695 A.2d…