New Jersey Statutes 2C:20-10.3. Persistent stolen motor vehicle offender sentencing
Terms Used In New Jersey Statutes 2C:20-10.3
- Conviction: A judgement of guilt against a criminal defendant.
- Defendant: In a civil suit, the person complained against; in a criminal case, the person accused of the crime.
- Evidence: Information presented in testimony or in documents that is used to persuade the fact finder (judge or jury) to decide the case for one side or the other.
- person: includes corporations, companies, associations, societies, firms, partnerships and joint stock companies as well as individuals, unless restricted by the context to an individual as distinguished from a corporate entity or specifically restricted to one or some of the above enumerated synonyms and, when used to designate the owner of property which may be the subject of an offense, includes this State, the United States, any other State of the United States as defined infra and any foreign country or government lawfully owning or possessing property within this State. See New Jersey Statutes 1:1-2
- State: extends to and includes any State, territory or possession of the United States, the District of Columbia and the Canal Zone. See New Jersey Statutes 1:1-2
- Statute: A law passed by a legislature.
a. Upon request of the prosecutor, a person who has been convicted of a crime pursuant to section 1 or 2 of P.L.2023, c.101 (C. 2C:20-10.1 or 2C:20-10.2) or carjacking pursuant to section 1 of P.L.1993, c.221 (C. 2C:15-2) shall be sentenced to an extended term of imprisonment pursuant to N.J.S. 2C:43-7 if the person has previously been convicted on two or more prior and separate occasions, regardless of the dates of the convictions, of a crime pursuant to section 1 or 2 of P.L.2023, c.101 (C. 2C:20-10.1 or 2C:20-10.2), carjacking pursuant to section 1 of P.L.1993, c.221 (C. 2C:15-2), theft or unlawful taking of a motor vehicle, receiving stolen property where the property involved is a motor vehicle, or a crime under any statute of the United States, this State, or any other state for a crime that is substantially equivalent to any of the crimes enumerated in this subsection.
b. The provisions of this section shall not apply unless the prior convictions are for crimes committed on a separate occasion and the crime for which the defendant is being sentenced was committed either:
(1) within 10 years of the date of the defendant’s last release from confinement for the commission of any crime; or
(2) within 10 years of the date of the commission of the most recent of the crimes enumerated in subsection a. of this section for which the defendant has a prior conviction.
c. The court shall not impose a sentence of imprisonment pursuant to this section, unless the ground therefor has been established at a hearing after the conviction of the defendant and on written notice to the defendant of the ground proposed. The defendant shall have the right to hear and controvert the evidence against him and to offer evidence upon the issue. Prior convictions shall be defined and proven in accordance with N.J.S. 2C:44-4
L.2023, c.101, s.3.