State v. Hutson

Defendant was convicted, after a jury trial, of first degree robbery in violation of N.J.S.A. 2C:15-1, and of possession of a controlled dangerous substance, diazepan, contrary to N.J.S.A. 24:21-20. The Appellate Division upheld the drug-possession conviction but vacated the conviction for first degree robbery. The court below remanded for correction of the judgment to show a conviction' for second degree robbery, and it ordered that defendant be resentenced on that conviction. State v. Hutson, 211 N.J.Super. 49, 53 (1986). We granted the State’s petition for certification, 107 N.J. 222…