Supreme Court of New Jersey May 15, 1997 (State v. Crawley)

The opinion of the Court was delivered by

GARIBALDI, J.

In this appeal, we consider three questions: (1) whether defendants, as part of plea agreements, can waive their right to merge offenses; (2) if such waivers are allowed, did defendant voluntarily and intelligently waive his right to merger; and (3) if defendant did knowingly waive his right to merger, is he now prohibited from challenging