New Jersey
Is 42-year sentence too long for man convicted of sex assault? N.J. court says it is.
A state appeals court ruled late last month that a jury can decide to shorten the sentence of a New York man convicted of sexually assaulting an Atlantic City housekeeper nearly seven years ago.
The judges agreed in an opinion issued Dec. 19 that the New Jersey Superior Court wrongfully sentenced 39-year-old Jamel Carlton to an extended prison sentence for the assault at Bally’s Hotel and Casino in 2018.
Carlton appealed both his conviction and sentence of 42 years, which a Superior Court judge imposed while deeming the Saugerties man a, “persistent offender.”