State v. Sutton

The opinion of the Court was delivered by

LONG, J.A.D.

After a jury trial, defendant Cleveland Sutton was convicted of third-degree possession of stolen property contrary to N.J. S.A. 2C:20-7. He was sentenced to a custodial term of three years with a recommendation by the trial judge that the sentence be served at the Youth Reception and Correction Center. The judge also imposed an appropriate Violent Crimes Compensation Board penalty. Defendant appeals, claiming that the following trial errors warrant reversal:

POINT I:

*223THE COURT ABUSED ITS DISCRETION IN TELLING THE JURY THAT THE DEFENDANT…