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46 STATE OF NEW JERSEY v. TUAN DANG -- rank: 598

... guilty to being a leader of a narcotics trafficking network, N.J.S.A. 2C:35-3, and was sentenced to twenty years imprisonment in accordance with ... years of which must be served before eligibility for parole. N.J.S.A. 2C:35-3. In addition to that offense, defendant was charged with one ... drug kingpin offense. The four elements of a violation of N.J.S.A. 2C:35-3 are that: (1) defendant conspired with two or more persons ...

docket:	a5541-12
court:	NJ Superior Court Appellate Division
decided:	2014-12-23
status:	unpublished
citation:
Document Size:	52689

47 STATE V. PATRICK BALL -- rank: 592

... to the general conspiracy statute. L. 1981, c. 167, §3. N.J.S.A. 2C:35-3. See also State v. Afanador , 134 N.J. 162 , 172 ... in conjunction with the terms "supervisor, financier or manager" in N.J.S.A. 2C:35-3, to require the "exercise[] [of] some ability to dictate the ...

docket:	a-17-94
court:	njsupreme
decided:	1995-07-20
status:
citation:	141 N.J. 142
Document Size:	109832

48 STATE OF NEW JERSEY v. ONE RESIDENCE AND PROPERTY AT 289 SEAMAN STREET, NEW BRUNSWICK NEW JERSEY -- rank: 585

... that its claims degree leader of a narcotics trafficking network, N.J.S.A. 2C:35-3, with respect to the contraband at issue here. A-1253 ...

docket:	a1253-20
court:	NJ Superior Court Appellate Division
decided:	2022-11-23
status:	Unpublished
citation:
Document Size:	30364

49 STATE OF NEW JERSEY v. JOEY CONTRERAS -- rank: 585

... b) (count thirteen); third-degree unlawful possession of a weapon, N.J.S.A. 2C:35-3(f) (count fifteen); fourth-degree possession of a CDS with ...

docket:	a4664-11
court:	NJ Superior Court Appellate Division
decided:	2014-02-21
status:	unpublished
citation:
Document Size:	26159

50 STATE v. ISAAC WRIGHT, JR. -- rank: 583

... charge of being a drug kingpin within the meaning of N.J.S.A. 2C:35-3. On that charge, Wright was sentenced to a mandatory life ... the following crimes: leading a narcotics trafficking network, contrary to N.J.S.A. 2C:35-3 (count one); conspiracy to distribute cocaine, contrary to N.J ... that would reverse the jury's conviction of defendant under N.J.S.A. 2C:35-3, which provides, in pertinent part:              A person is a leader ... analog involved, or the amount of cash or currency involved. [ N.J.S.A. 2C:35-3.]          The Supreme Court evaluated this statute on two occasions. In State v. Afanador , 134 N.J. 162 (1993), N.J.S.A. 2C:35-3 was declared constitutionally valid and enforceable legislation which was neither ... instruction where a defendant is indicted for a violation of N.J.S.A. 2C:35-3:             Thus, a proper instruction should, in addition to reciting ...

docket:	a-110-95
court:	njsupreme
decided:	1996-05-08
status:
citation:	143 N.J. 580
Document Size:	22009

51 STATE OF NEW JERSEY v. M. HERBERT STARUCH -- rank: 581

... to a defendant convicted of violating the drug kingpin statute, N.J.S.A. 2C:35-3, without jury instructions later required by State v. Alexander , 136 ...

docket:	a0036-98
court:	njappellate
decided:	1999-12-03
status:	published
citation:	326 N.J.Super. 245
Document Size:	20246

52 STATE OF NEW JERSEY v. JUAN F. HERNANDEZ -- rank: 572

... Alexander, 136 N.J. 563, 575 (1994) (holding that under N.J.S.A. 2C:35-3 – leader of narcotics trafficking network – an 'organizer' is ...

docket:	a1138-17
court:	NJ Superior Court Appellate Division
decided:	2019-04-26
status:	Unpublished
citation:
Document Size:	51546

53 STATE OF NEW JERSEY v. MARSHA G. BERNARD, -- rank: 563

... charge of being a leader of a narcotics trafficking network, N.J.S.A. 2C:35-3; and Davis appeals from the court's order, granting the ...

docket:	a3811-15
court:	NJ Superior Court Appellate Division
decided:	2019-02-06
status:	Unpublished
citation:
Document Size:	96627

54 STATE OF NEW JERSEY v. HAROLD J. WATKINS -- rank: 553

... relief and vacating his guilty plea to a violation of N.J.S.A. 2C:35-3, entered July 6, 2000. The issue centers on whether there ... an organizer, supervisor, financier, or manager contrary to provisions of N.J.S.A. 2C:35-3 (the so-called drug "kingpin" statute) in count three. On ... withdrawal of a plea, we proceed to articulate when, under N.J.S.A. 2C:35-3, a defendant is a drug "kingpin." III. N.J.S.A. 2C:35-3 provides, in pertinent part, that: [a] person is a leader ... of value in order to purchase a controlled dangerous substance." N.J.S.A. 2C:35-3; see also Alexander , supra , 136 N.J. at 575. An ...

docket:	a6343-05
court:	njappellate
decided:	2007-03-23
status:	unpublished
citation:	*CITE_PENDING*
Document Size:	102864

55 STATE OF NEW JERSEY v. DAMIELLE TONDEE -- rank: 548

... indictment — being the leader of a narcotics trafficking network, N.J.S.A. 2C:35-3. Based on his prior convictions, defendant was eligible for a ... a narcotics trafficking network, a crime of the first degree, N.J.S.A. 2C:35-3 — was apparent from the outset. The jurors heard hours ...

docket:	a1908-12
court:	NJ Superior Court Appellate Division
decided:	2014-05-23
status:	unpublished
citation:
Document Size:	29112

56 State v. Lloyd Burgess -- rank: 542

... conviction as a “leader of a narcotics trafficking network” under N.J.S.A. 2C:35-3 ( “drug kingpin statute”).     The facts are as set forth in ... conviction as a "leader of a narcotics trafficking network" under N.J.S.A. 2C:35-3, which has come to be known as the drug kingpin ... 563 (1994). Alexander held that in order to convict under N.J.S.A. 2C:35-3 (Oct. 17, 1988). The charge did not explain that the ... could reasonably have concluded that defendant was not guilty under N.J.S.A. 2C:35-3. There was a sufficient basis for a properly charged and ...

docket:	a-114-97
court:	njsupreme
decided:	1998-06-10
status:
citation:	154 N.J. 181
Document Size:	26244

57 STATE OF NEW JERSEY v. TORRENCE THOMPSON -- rank: 540

... who has been convicted of a drug offense pursuant to N.J.S.A. 2C:35-3 through N.J.S.A. 2C:35-6 is guilty ...

docket:	a4194-09
court:	NJ Superior Court Appellate Division
decided:	2011-06-24
status:	unpublished
citation:
Document Size:	38404

58 State v. Yolanda Terry -- rank: 527

... charged with being a leader of a drug trafficking network, N.J.S.A. 2C:35-3, and possession of heroin with intent to distribute, N.J ...

docket:	A-71-12
court:	NJ Supreme Court
decided:	2014-07-22
status:
citation:	218 N.J. 224 94 A.3d 882
Document Size:	105212

59 STATE OF NEW JERSEY v. ANDREW J. CONTALDI -- rank: 527

... first-degree being a leader of a narcotics trafficking network, N.J.S.A. 2C:35-3. For the latter crime, defendant was sentenced to life imprisonment ... supra , 134 N.J. at 178. The "drug kingpin" statute, N.J.S.A. 2C:35-3, defines the leader of a drug trafficking network as one ...

docket:	a5408-10
court:	NJ Superior Court Appellate Division
decided:	2013-12-12
status:	unpublished
citation:
Document Size:	59715

60 STATE OF NEW JERSEY v. ELIJAH HAMM -- rank: 520

... count three); first-degree leader of a narcotics trafficking network, N.J.S.A. 2C:35-3 (count four); and first-degree maintaining a CDS production facility ...

docket:	a4313-09
court:	NJ Superior Court Appellate Division
decided:	2012-02-02
status:	unpublished
citation:
Document Size:	13163