State v. Rama

DREIER, P.J.A.D.

(Dissenting).

I must respectfully dissent from the conclusion drawn by my colleagues in this case.

Defendant has appealed from the sentence imposed after his guilty plea to receiving stolen property, a 1994 Lexus automobile, N.J.S.A. 2C:20-7. Defendant stated that when he drove the automobile to New York for a friend for the purpose of its sale, he initially had not known the car was stolen, but assumed that it was when he saw a broken window and found title documents indicating that the owner was other than the friend who had given the car to him. The judge sentenced defendant…