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STATE v. BURGESS

154 N.J. 181 (1998)

712 A.2d 631

STATE OF NEW JERSEY, PLAINTIFF-APPELLANT, v. LLOYD BURGESS, DEFENDANT-RESPONDENT.

The Supreme Court of New Jersey.

Decided June 10, 1998.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Nancy A. Hulett, Deputy Attorney General, argued the cause for appellant (Peter Verniero, Attorney General of New Jersey, attorney).

Salvatore C. Adamo argued the cause for respondent.

J. Michael Blake, Assistant Deputy Public Defender, argued the cause for amicus curiae, the Office of the Public Defender (Ivelisse Torres, Public Defender, attorney).

PER CURIAM.

Defendant seeks post-conviction relief from his 1990 conviction as a "leader of a narcotics trafficking network" under N.J.S.A. 2C:35-3, which has come to be known as the drug kingpin statute. The trial court sentenced defendant on that count to life imprisonment with twenty-five years of parole ineligibility. Defendant was also convicted on two counts of second-degree and six counts of third-degree drug distribution. The trial court sentenced him...

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