State v. Barnes

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Proctor, J.

The defendant was convicted by a jury of receiving stolen goods under two indictments consolidated for trial. After she had been sentenced to a seven-year maximum term under each indictment, to be served consecutively (but concurrent with a sentence being served on another offense), the conviction was affirmed by the Appellate Division in an unreported opinion. The present case is before this Court on direct appeal pursuant to R. R. 1:2-1 (a), "involving a question arising under the Constitution of the United States or this State.” Since…