State v. McBride

The opinion of the Court was delivered by

Sullivan, J.

This is a companion ease to State v. Spinks, 66 N. J. 568, decided by us this day. Eddie McBride, defendant herein, Willie Spinks and two other companions, were involved in three armed robberies committed on November 12, 1972. They were apprehended by the police shortly after the last robbery. Pour indictments were returned against defendant, three of which charged him with robbery while armed and the fourth with unlawful possession of a firearm. Defendant was 18 years of age at the time.

Ultimately defendant pleaded guilty to the three…