State v. Pillot

The opinion of the Court was delivered by

HANDLER, J.,

The defendant, Janet Pillot, appeals what she considers to be an excessive and unfair sentence imposed by the Superior Court, Law Division, Passaic County. When she filed her appeal in the Appelláte Division, she challenged this sentence as well as another that had been imposed shortly before by the Superior Court, Law Division, Bergen County. The sentences covered a series of similar crimes committed by defendant in both counties. During the oral argument before the Appellate Division, defendant contended that the sentences were invalid…