State in the Interest of K.O., a Minor (070406)

Reasonable people can disagree about whether N.J.S.A. 2A:4A-44(d)(3) requires one or two separate, prior juvenile adjudications *98before an extended term of incarceration can be imposed. The statute provides as follows:

Upon application by the prosecutor, the court may sentence a juvenile who has been convicted of a crime of the first, second, or third degree if committed by an adult, to an extended term of incarceration beyond the maximum set forth in paragraph (1) of this subsection, if it finds that the juvenile was adjudged delinquent on at least two separate occasions, for offenses which,…