[brief] [...]  ATTORNEY GENERAL OF NEW JERSEY  ATTORNEY FOR PLAINTIFF-RESPONDENT STATE OF NEW JERSEY  [...]  JUSTICE COMPLEX TRENTON, NEW JERSEY  08625  [...]  ATTORNEY NO. 032101994  DEPUTY  ATTORNEY GENERAL DIVISION OF CRIMINAL JUSTICE  APPELLATE UNIT [...] [...]  [...] OF COUNSEL AND ON THE BRIEF  December 11, 2023  TABLE OF CONTENTS  COUNTER-STATEMENT OF PROCEDURAL HISTORY ...........................................  1 COUNTER-STATEMENT OF FACTS  ........................................................................  3  LEGAL ARGUMENT ..................................................................................................  11  BECAUSE THE TRIAL COURT PROPERLY CONSIDERED AND WEIGHED THE APPROPRIATE FACTORS IN RESENTENCING  DEFENDANT AND EXPLAINED HIS REASONS FOR IMPOSING CONSECUTIVE SENTENCES AS REQUIRED BY THIS COURT IN ITS REMAND ORDER, DEFENDANT IS NOT ENTITLED TO ANOTHER REMAND FOR RESENTENCING.  ........................................................................................................  11  A.  The sentencing court heard and considered defendant’s evidence of post-offense rehabilitation and remorse, the age-crime curve, and adolescent brain science .................................................................................................................. 12  B.  The sentencing court relied on proper facts in finding aggravating factors three and nine .................................................................................................................................  20  C.  The trial court properly imposed consecutive sentences for passion-provocation manslaughter and unlawful possession of a firearm ..................................................................................................................  25  D.  The sentencing court properly considered defendant’s entire record in imposing sentence .................................................................................................................................  30  E.  The five-year parole disqualifier on Count Five should be amended to a four-year parole disqualifier ..................................................................................................................  35  F.  If this Court remands for resentencing, the case should be remanded to [...] ..................................................................................................................  35  CONCLUSION ..............................................................................................................  39 | CASES | PAGE | |----------------------------------------------------------------------|------| | State v. Abdullah, 184 N.J. 497 (2005) | 26 | | State v. Anderson, 374 N.J. Super. 419 (App. Div. 2005) | 26 | | State v. Bulu, 234 N.J. Super. 331 (1989) | 30 | | State v. Carey, 168 N.J. 413 (2001) | 26, 27| | State v. Case, 220 N.J. 49 (2014) | 12 | | State v. Cassady, 198 N.J. 165 (2009) | 27 | | State v. Copling, 326 N.J. Super. 417 (App. Div. 1999) | 28 | | State v. Cuff, 239 N.J. 321 (2019) | 28 | | State v. Green, 62 N.J. 547 (1973) | 33, 34| | State v. Jaffe, 220 N.J. 114 (2014) | 13, 34| | State v. Jarbath, 114 N.J. 394 (1989) | 22 | | State v. K.S., 220 N.J. 190 (2015) | 30, 32, 33, 34| | State v. Lawless, 214 N.J. 594 (2013) | 22 | | State v. Madan, 366 NJ Super. 98 (App Div. 2004) | 37 | | State v. Marzolf, 79 N.J. 167 (1979) | 33 | | State v. McFarlane, 224 N.J. 458 (2016) | 36 | | State v. Melvin, 248 N.J. 321 (2021) | 37, 38| | State v. Miller, 205 N.J. 109 (2011) | 27 | | State v. Molina, 168 N.J. 436 (2001) | 26 | | State v. O’Donnell, 117 N.J. 210 (1989) | 12 | | State v. Pillot, 115 N.J. 558 (1989) | 22 | State v. Pineda, 119 N.J. 621 (1990) ................................................................. 22 State v. Randolph, 210 N.J. 330 (2012) ......................................................... 13, 21 State v. Reed, 211 N.J. Super. 177 (App. Div. 1986) .................................. 22, 23 State v. Rivera, 249 N.J. 285 (2021) ............................................................... passim State v. Roth, 95 N.J. 334 (1984) .................................................................. 12 State v. Tillery, 238 N.J. 293 (2019) ............................................................... 32 State v. Torres, 246 N.J. 246 (2021) ............................................................... passim State v. Yarbough, 100 N.J. 627 (1985) ....................................................... 26, 27, 30, 36 STATUTES