Day: February 22, 2022

NJ Supreme Court Rejects Constitutional Challenge to Three Strikes Law

NJ Supreme Court Rejects Constitutional Challenge to Three Strikes Law

In State v. Samuel Ryan (A-65-20/085165)(Decided February 7, 2022), the Supreme Court of New Jersey held that offenses committed by a defendant while under the age of 18 may count as predicate offenses under the state’s  Three Strikes Law, which mandates a sentence of life imprisonment without parole for a