SYLLABUS

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State v. Sally A. McDonald (A-56-2010) (066773)

Argued September 12, 2011 -- Decided February 6, 2012

[NOTE: This is a companion case to State v. Kevin Jerome Hudson, also decided today.]

LaVECCHIA, J., writing for a majority of the Court.

In this companion case to State v. Kevin Jerome Hudson, which also was decided today, the Court again considers the application of N.J.S.A. 2C:44-5(b) to a situation in which the defendant received a second extended-term sentence in a separate proceeding from the one in which the first extended-term sentence was imposed.