A Successful Defense And Result For Our Client

Location:
Union County Superior Court
Union County Courthouse
2 Broad Street,
Elizabeth, N.J. 07207

The lawyers at Bailey& Orozco appear frequently in the Union County Superior Court, vigorously defending the rights of our clients. Listed below are the facts and outcome of one of our actual cases in which we represented our client in this Court.

State of New Jersey v. BK

Outcome: 1st Degree Armed Robbery NERA Sentence Reduced to Minimum 5 Year Term

Description: Client was charged with a 1st degree Armed Robbery, after being caught near the scene of the Robbery with the weapon and the proceeds of the robbery. During the arrest, the client gave a statement to the police and admitted the robbery. During the first stage of the representation, We convinced the State to offer the client a plea of 1st degree armed robbery, while sentencing the client as a 2nd degree. This reduced the sentence exposure from 20 years to 10 years. Armed Robbery is subject to NERA (No Early Release Act) requiring a client to serve 85% of the sentence imposed. We next convinced the State to limit the sentencing recommendation from 10 years to 7 years. At sentencing, we were able to convince the Court (over the objection of the State) to sentence the client to a term of 6 years. During the second stage of the representation, we counseled the client to develop a strong record of successful achievements while incarcerated. When the client had served 85% of a 5 year sentence, we successfully convinced the State and the Court to agree to reduce the sentence to the 5 year minimum term allowed by law. Client was then released from Prison.

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