State v. Anicama

LEONE, J.A.D.

*368Defendant Pedro C. Anicama appeals from the Law Division's August 16, 2016 order. He received the mandatory 180-day sentence for his third or subsequent conviction for driving while intoxicated (DWI), N.J.S.A. 39:4-50(a)(3). The Municipal Court allowed him to serve his sentence by being in jail only two days a week, a form of periodic service. The Law Division reversed. Despite prior decisions by this court, it is apparently "not entirely clear whether a third or subsequent offender's mandatory prison term may be served on a periodic basis." Richmond & Burns, Municipal Court…