State v. Martin

The opinion of the court was delivered by

FURMAN, P.J.A.D.

Defendant was convicted of distribution of a controlled dangerous substance in violation of N.J.S.A. 24:21-19a(1), following a retraxit plea of guilty, and was sentenced to an eight-year term of imprisonment subject to a four-year term of parole ineligibility.

On appeal from the denial of his petition for post-conviction relief, R. 3:22, defendant raises two issues, the first statutory and the second constitutional:

Point I: Defendant-appellant’s period of parole ineligibility is illegal because such terms are not statutorily authorized…