Legal Opinion
State v. Roach
Supreme Court of New Jersey
Decided April 24, 2002PublishedCited by 20 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered by
LONG, J.
Defendant, Derek Roach, entered a plea of guilty to the third-degree offenses of possession of cocaine (N.J.S.A. 2C:35-5) and possession of cocaine and heroin within a school zone (N.J.S.A. 2C:35-7; N.J.S.A. 2C:35-10(a)(l)). He was sentenced as a repeat offender to concurrent seven-year terms, each with a three-year period of parole ineligibility. He appealed, challenging the denial of his motion to suppress and the denial of his motion for admittance to a drug rehabilitation program. The Appellate Division reversed the denial of Roach’s motion…
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- United States v. Fairh RiggsCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1973
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