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N.J. PAROLE BD. v. BYRNE

93 N.J. 192 (1983)

460 A.2d 103

NEW JERSEY STATE PAROLE BOARD, RESPONDENT, v. JAMES BYRNE, APPELLANT. TONY MAPLES, APPELLANT, v. CHRISTOPHER DIETZ, NEW JERSEY STATE PAROLE BOARD, RESPONDENTS.

The Supreme Court of New Jersey.

Decided May 11, 1983.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jane Ellen Haburay, Assistant Deputy Public Defender, argued the cause for appellant James Byrne (Joseph H. Rodriguez, Public Defender, attorney).

M. Virginia Barta, Assistant Deputy Public Defender, argued the cause for appellant Tony Maples (Joseph H. Rodriguez, Public Defender, attorney).

Lyle P. Hough, Jr., Deputy Attorney General, argued the cause for respondents (Irwin I. Kimmelman, Attorney General of New Jersey, attorney; James J. Ciancia, Assistant Attorney General, of counsel).

The opinion of the Court was delivered by O'HERN, J.

These appeals question the constitutionality of the method by which defendants were given half-step reductions of the advanced parole eligibility dates otherwise granted to previously sentenced multiple offenders under the Parole Act of 1979, N.J.S.A. 30:4-123.45 to -123.69 (L. 1979, c. 441) (hereinafter "Parole Act"). Specifically, defendants challenge N.J.S.A. 30:4-123.51(j), which...

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