Case Name: STATE OF NEW JERSEY, PLAINTIFF-RESPONDENT, v. RAYMOND BLOW, DEFENDANT-APPELLANT
Court: Supreme Court of New Jersey
Jurisdiction: New Jersey
Decision Date: 1991-04-09
Citations: 123 N.J. 472
Docket Number: 
Parties: STATE OF NEW JERSEY, PLAINTIFF-RESPONDENT, v. RAYMOND BLOW, DEFENDANT-APPELLANT.
Judges: 
Reporter: New Jersey Reports
Volume: 123
Pages: 472–473

Head Matter:
588 A.2d 821
STATE OF NEW JERSEY, PLAINTIFF-RESPONDENT, v. RAYMOND BLOW, DEFENDANT-APPELLANT.
Argued January 2, 1991
Decided April 9, 1991.
Mordecai Garelick, Assistant Deputy Public Defender, argued the cause for appellant (Wilfredo Caraballo, Public Defender, attorney).
Carol M. Henderson, Deputy Attorney General, argued the cause for respondent (Robert J. Del Tufo, Attorney General of New Jersey, attorney).

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
We granted certification, 122 N.J. 153, 584 A.2d 222 (1990), to review the Appellate Division's determination that defendant's convictions for the third-degree offense of possession of heroin with intent to distribute (N.J.S.Á. 2C:35-5a(l) and -5b(3)) did not merge with his conviction for possession of heroin with intent to distribute within 1,000 feet of school property (N.J. S.A. 2C:35-5a and N.J.S.A. 2C:35-7). 237 N.J.Super. 184, 567 A.2d 253. For the reasons set forth in our opinion in State v. Gonzalez, 123 N.J. 462, 588 A.2d 816 (1991), also decided today, we hold that the offenses did merge. See also State v. Gonzalez, 241 N.J.Super. 92, 99-108, 574 A.2d 487 (App.Div.1989) (Skillman, J.A.D., concurring in part and dissenting in part).
We reverse so much of the judgment below as denied merger. We remand the cause to the trial court for entry of an amended judgment vacating defendant's conviction for possession with intent to distribute under N.J.S.A. 2C:35-5a(l) and -5b(3).