Cain v. New Jersey State Parole Board

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Sullivan, J.

The two petitioners herein are under separate judgments of conviction in unrelated criminal cases. Their appeals from denial of parole eligibility were consolidated before the Appellate Division since they present a single legal issue. Basically involved is the interpretation of N. J. S. A. 30 :4r-123.35 which provides in pertinent part that

any prisoner in a county penitentiary serving a term having a maximum greater than a year and who has served at least 1 year of such term shall be permitted to make application to the board [New Jersey…