State v. Silva

The opinion of the court was delivered by

R.S. COHEN, J.A.D.

Defendant Jose Silva was indicted on two counts charging armed robbery, two counts of possession of a weapon with intent to use it unlawfully, and one count of possession of a weapon without a permit. The trial judge dismissed the last count, and the jury found defendant guilty on the other four. Defendant was sentenced for the armed robberies to concurrent custodial terms of fifteen years, with seven-year mandatory mínimums, and for the weapons possession counts to two seven-year custodial terms with three-year mandatory míni-mums,…