Case Name: STATE OF NEW JERSEY, PLAINTIFF-RESPONDENT, v. DERRICK ELLIS, DEFENDANT-APPELLANT
Court: Supreme Court of New Jersey
Jurisdiction: New Jersey
Decision Date: 2002-11-21
Citations: 174 N.J. 535
Docket Number: 
Parties: STATE OF NEW JERSEY, PLAINTIFF-RESPONDENT, v. DERRICK ELLIS, DEFENDANT-APPELLANT.
Judges: 
Reporter: New Jersey Reports
Volume: 174
Pages: 535–536

Head Matter:
809 A.2d 796
STATE OF NEW JERSEY, PLAINTIFF-RESPONDENT, v. DERRICK ELLIS, DEFENDANT-APPELLANT.
Argued October 8, 2002
Decided November 21, 2002.
Frank J. Pugliese, Assistant Deputy Public Defender, argued the cause for appellant (Yvonne Smith Segars, Public Defender, attorney).
Michael J. Williams, Deputy Attorney General, argued the cause for respondent (Peter C. Harvey, Acting Attorney General of New Jersey, attorney).
Gregory A. Spellmeyer, Deputy Attorney General, submitted a letter in lieu of brief on behalf of amicus curiae, New Jersey State Parole Board (Peter C. Harvey, Acting Attorney General of New Jersey, attorney).

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
The judgment is affirmed, substantially for the reasons expressed in Judge Cianeia's majority opinion of the Appellate Division, reported at 346 N.J.Super. 583, 788 A.2d 849 (2002).
For affirmance — Chief Justice PORITZ and JUSTICES COLEMAN, LONG, VERNIERO, LaVECCHIA, ZAZZALI, and ALBIN — 7.
Opposed — None.