State v. Baker

The opinion of the court was delivered by

BROCHIN, J.A.D.

Defendant Steven Baker was convicted of committing first degree armed robbery (N.J.S.A. 2C:15-1) as an accomplice or aider and abettor (N.J.S.A. 2C:2-6) and of conspiracy (N.J.S.A. 2C:5-2) to commit armed robbery. The conviction for conspiracy was merged into the conviction for aiding and abetting armed robbery. Because this was defendant’s second Graves Act (N.J.S.A. 2C:43-6c) conviction, he was sentenced to a mandatory extended term of fifty years’ imprisonment with sixteen and two-thirds years’ parole ineligibility.

Defendant was…