State v. O'DONNELL

The opinion of the Court was delivered by

POLLOCK, J.

Following defendant’s conviction for official misconduct, the trial court sentenced him to a six-year custodial term. In an unreported opinion, the Appellate Division sustained the conviction, but reversed the sentence and remanded the matter for resentencing. We granted the State’s motion for leave to appeal, and now reinstate the sentence originally imposed by the trial court.

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The facts surrounding the sordid incident underlying this case may be summarized as follows. On August 31, 1984, defendant, Charles O’Donnell, a police officer of…