STATE OF NEW JERSEY v. ROBERT T. TODD

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APPROVAL OF THE APPELLATE DIVISION

SUPERIOR COURT OF NEW JERSEY

APPELLATE DIVISION

DOCKET NO. A-2014-05T42014-05T4

A-5559-05T4

STATE OF NEW JERSEY,

Plaintiff-Respondent,

v.

ROBERT T. TODD,

Defendant-Appellant.

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Submitted January 8, 2008 - Decided

Before Judges Coburn and Fuentes.

On appeal from Superior Court of New Jersey

Law Division, Bergen County, Indictment No.

98-09-1805.

Yvonne Smith Segars, Public Defender, attorney

for appellant (Theresa Yvette Kyles, Deputy

Public Defender II, of counsel and on the brief).

John L. Molinelli, Bergen County Prosecutor,

attorney for respondent (Catherine A. Foddai,

Assistant Prosecutor, of counsel and on the

brief).

PER CURIAM

Defendant Robert T. Todd appeals from the sentence imposed by Judge Roma on March 10, 2006, committing him to the custody of the Department of Corrections for a term of eight years, with three years of parole ineligibility. The sentence was predicated on defendant's eligibility for an extended term as a persistent offender under N.J.S.A. 2C:44-3(a), after his conviction on three counts of third-degree burglary, N.J.S.A. 2C:18-2, and one count of third-degree theft by unlawful taking, N.J.S.A. 2C:20-3. Judge Roma imposed this sentence pursuant to our remand order in State v. Robert T. Todd, Docket No. A-5314-03T4, (App. Div. Dec. 13, 2005) (slip op at 3-12).

Defendant now appeals raising the following arguments.

POINT I

THE EXTENDED TERM SENTENCE IMPOSED SHOULD BE VACATED AS NOT REQUESTED BY THE PROSECUTOR IN A TIMELY MANNER AND ALSO BASED ON THE FAULTY FACT-FINDING BY THE COURT.

POINT II

BECAUSE THE PRESUMPTIVE SENTENCE "PLAYED NO PART" IN THE IMPOSITION OF DEFENDANT'S SENTENCE ON APRIL 8, 2004, AND BECAUSE THE TRIAL COURT FAILED TO COMPLY WITH THIS COURT'S REMAND ORDER OF DECEMBER 13, 2005, DEFENDANT MUST BE SENTENCED ANEW AND IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE GUIDELINES SET FORTH IN STATE V. NATALE AND STATE V. PIERCE.

POINT III

IN ADDITION TO THE CREDIT FOR TIME SERVED ALREADY GRANTED, DEFENDANT IS ENTITLED TO CREDIT FOR ALL OF THE TIME HE SERVED FROM NOVEMBER 19, 2 002 TO FEBRUARY 13, 2004.

The underlying facts pertinent to this appeal are detailed in our December 13, opinion. Todd, supra, No. A-5314-03T4 (slip op. at 3-12). We thus incorporate them by reference here. The arguments raised by defendant here in Points I and II lack sufficient merit to warrant discussion in a written opinion. R. 2:11-3(e)(2). As to Point III, the issue is now moot. Defendant's judgment of conviction was amended on January 16, 2008, to reflect the correct amount of jail time credit. Affirmed.

 

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