State v. Afanador

The opinion of the Court was delivered by

CLIFFORD, J.

Defendant, Moises Afanador, challenges the Appellate Division’s affirmance of his conviction for violation of N.J.S.A. 2C:35-3, the so-called “drug kingpin” statute. As required by the sentencing provision of that statute, the trial court sentenced defendant to life imprisonment with a twenty-five-year period of parole ineligibility. This Court granted certification, 130 N.J. 601, 617 A.2d 1222 (1992), limited to consideration of defendant’s contentions that N.J.S.A. 2C:35-3 is (1) unconstitutionally vague on its face, or (2) vague as…