State v. D.S.

In these consolidated appeals, the juvenile-appellants D.S., D.Z., and F.C. (collectively “the juveniles”) appeal from the denial of the State’s motion for modification of their dispositions pursuant to R. 3:21-10(b)(3) and R. 5:24-6,1 asserting that the judge was required under their plea agreements to reduce their dispositions (also referred to as sentences). For the following reasons, we affirm the judge’s decision to deny the motion for modification of the juveniles’ dispositions.

This appeal stems from the murder of a seventeen-year-old male by five of his supposed friends, including the…