State v. Bram

LAWSON, J.S.C.

The Appellate Division held, in State in the Interest of W.M., 237 N.J.Super. 111, 567 A.2d 217 (App.Div.1989), that “the mere conviction under N.J.S.A. 2C:5-2 for the ‘ordinary’ crime of conspiracy does not render a person subject to the mandatory penalties of the Comprehensive Drug Reform Act, even if the object of that conspiracy constitutes a Chapter 35 offense.” Id. at 118, 567 A.2d 217. This motion presents the related *202question of whether the mandatory penalties authorized by the Comprehensive Drug Reform Act are applicable to adjudications under a charge of complicity…