State v. Diana Palma (071228)

Judge RODRÍGUEZ

(temporarily assigned) delivered the opinion of the Court.

In this appeal, we address an issue similar to the question addressed in State v. Moran, 202 N.J. 311, 997 A.2d 210 (2010), where the Court identified the appropriate factors to be considered when sentencing a person convicted of reckless driving, N.J.S.A. 39:4-96. The factors were provided in order to channel the discretion afforded to the sentencing court under the reckless driving statute. Here, defendant pleaded guilty to careless driving under N.J.S.A. 39:4-97, a statute that similarly provides considerable…