State v. Owens

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Weintraub, C. J.

Defendant was convicted in the Municipal Court of Newark on three charges of assault and battery in violation of the disorderly persons statute and of a further charge of resisting arrest in violation of a local ordinance. He appealed to the County Court where upon a' trial de novo, R. R. 3:10-10(a), he was again convicted on all charges. Both courts imposed the same sentences: six months imprisonment on three of the convictions and three months on the fourth, execution suspended, with defendant placed on probation for nine months on…