State v. Davis

The opinion of the Court was delivered by

Cliefokd, J.

In State v. Gregory, 66 N. J. 510 (1975), this Court recently focused on the problem of procedural joinder of multiple offenses based on the same conduct or arising from the same criminal episode — in that case (1) possession with intent to distribute and (2) distribution of heroin. We held that under the situation there presented, considerations of fundamental fairness called for disposition by a single trial. Justice Jacobs’ opinion for a unanimous Court made passing reference, in 66 N. J. at 522, to a somewhat related issue now squarely…