State v. Ruiz

The opinion of the Court was delivered by

Cliefokd, J.

These consolidated cases present common questions of law, resolution of which is governed by the principles enunciated in State v. Davis, 68 N. J. 69 (1975), decided this day. The main issue in each case is whether the respective convictions for possession with intent to distribute heroin merged into the convictions for distribution thereof so as to require the possession-with-intent convictions to be vacated.

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Defendant Ruiz was named in three separate indictments. The only one with which we are concerned charged that on June 13, 1972 Ruiz…