A New Jersey Sentencing Statutes referred to as "The Graves Act" was amended on January 13, 2008 to include a number of possessory firearm related crimes that were formerly outside the mandatory parole ineligibility sentencing provisions required by the Act. N.J.S.A. 2C:43-6c. Surprisingly, I still run into criminal defense attorneys who are unfamiliar with the implications of this change in the law. A complete recitation of the provisions and its nuances is beyond the scope of this posting.
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