State v. Williams

Defendant was convicted of murder in 1973. After the court sentenced him to a term of 14 to 15 years in State Prison, he moved for reconsideration of sentence under R. 3:21-10. In November 1974, the trial court granted defendant’s motion. It suspended the unserved prison term and imposed probation for five years, conditioned upon successful completion of an in-patient drug rehabilitation program. The State successfully appealed the modification order. State v. Williams, 139 N.J.Super. 290 (App.Div.1976), aff’d o.b. 75 N.J. (1977). The original sentence was reinstated, and the defendant…