Case Name: STATE OF NEW JERSEY v. JOSEPH BATTISICK
Court: Supreme Court of New Jersey
Jurisdiction: New Jersey
Decision Date: 1986-11-17
Citations: 107 N.J. 40
Docket Number: 
Parties: STATE OF NEW JERSEY v. JOSEPH BATTISICK.
Judges: 
Reporter: New Jersey Reports
Volume: 107
Pages: 40–41

Head Matter:
STATE OF NEW JERSEY v. JOSEPH BATTISICK.
November 17, 1986.

Opinion:
A petition for certification having been submitted to this Court, and the Court having noted that N.J.S.A. 2C:43-6(b) provides that a period of parole ineligibility may be imposed pursuant to that section only when the sentencing judge is clearly convinced that the aggravating factors present substantially outweigh the mitigating factors;
And the sentencing judge in this matter having imposed a parole ineligibility term notwithstanding his determination that the aggravating factors present did not substantially outweigh the mitigating factors;
It is ORDERED that the petition for certification is granted, and the matter is summarily remanded to the trial court for an appropriate resentencing of defendant.
Jurisdiction is not retained.