State v. Belnavis

The opinion of the court was delivered by

PETRELLA, P.J.A.D.

Defendant Sharon L. Belnavis entered into a conditional plea agreement under which she pled guilty to third degree distribution or possession of a controlled dangerous substance (CDS) with intent to distribute within 1,000 feet of school property {N.J.S.A 2C:35-7), conditioned on being able to challenge the location as being within that distance of a school. The plea agreement was accepted and the trial judge sentenced Belnavis to three years in prison, one year without parole eligibility.

The judge denied Belnavis’s application to…