State of New Jersey, Plaintiff-Respondent v. Abdul A. Abdullah, A/K/A Lowell Camper, Defendant-Appellant

Summary

The Supreme Court of New Jersey held that the trial judge’s use of aggravating factors not found by the jury to increase the burglary sentence above the presumptive term violated the Sixth Amendment, requiring resentencing; it affirmed the life sentence for murder and upheld the parole‑ineligibility period and consecutive sentences as constitutional, but remanded for the lower court to explain its reasoning on those issues.