NOT FOR PUBLICATION WITHOUT THE APPROVAL OF THE APPELLATE DIVISION This opinion shall not "constitute precedent or be binding upon any court." Although it is posted on the internet, this opinion is binding only on the parties in the case and its use in other cases is limited. R. 1:36-3. SUPERIOR COURT OF NEW JERSEY APPELLATE DIVISION DOCKET NOS. A-3722-17T4 A-4018-17T4 STATE OF NEW JERSEY, Plaintiff-Respondent, v. NEIT N. FIGUEREO-RODRIGUEZ, Defendant-Appellant. ______________________________ STATE OF NEW JERSEY, Plaintiff-Respondent, v. JEAN C. GONZALEZ-ROSARIO, Defendant-Appellant. ______________________________ Submitted June 30, 2020 – Decided September 2, 2020 Before Judges Messano and Vernoia. On appeal from the Superior Court of New Jersey, Law Division, Middlesex County, Indictment No. 15-05- 0613. Joseph E. Krakora, Public Defender, attorney for appellant Neit N. Figuereo-Rodriguez (Lisette L. Guzman, Designated Counsel, on briefs). Joseph E. Krakora, Public Defender, attorney for appellant Jean C. Gonzalez-Rosario (Jaime B. Herrera, Assistant Deputy Public Defender, of counsel and on the brief). Christopher Kuberiet, Acting Middlesex County Prosecutor, attorney for respondent (David M. Liston, Special Deputy Attorney General/Acting Assistant Prosecutor, of counsel and on the briefs). PER CURIAM In these appeals, which we calendared back-to-back and now consolidate for the purpose of issuing a single opinion, codefendants Neit N. Figuereo - Rodriguez (Figuereo-Rodriguez) and Jean C. Gonzalez-Rosario (Gonzalez- Rosario) appeal from their respective convictions and sentences for various conspiracy, drug, and financial facilitation offenses. Having reviewed their arguments, the record, and the applicable legal principles, we affirm. I. On February 13, 2013, Perth Amboy police arrested defendants after observing a plastic bag of suspected cocaine on the center console of a vehicle A-3722-17T4 2 in which Gonzalez-Rosario sat in the driver's seat and Figuereo-Rodriguez sat in the front passenger seat. A subsequent search of Gonzalez-Rosario's residence, a one-room apartment in a house in front of which the vehicle was parked, revealed an additional quantity of cocaine and other drug-related equipment and paraphernalia. In a nine count indictment, a grand jury jointly charged defendants with the following five offenses based on the evidence seized from the vehicle: second-degree conspiracy to possess a controlled dangerous substance (CDS), cocaine, and to possess cocaine with intent to distribute, N.J.S.A. 2C:5 -2, N.J.S.A. 2C:35-10(a)(1), and N.J.S.A. 2C:35-5(a)(1) (count one); third-degree possession of CDS, cocaine, N.J.S.A. 2C:35-10(a)(1) (count two); second- degree possession of CDS, cocaine, with intent to distribute, N.J.S.A. 2C:35- 5(b)(3) (count three); possession of CDS, cocaine, with intent to distribute within 1000 feet of school property, N.J.S.A. 2C:35-7 (count four); and third- degree financial facilitation of criminal activity, N.J.S.A. 2C:21-25(a) (count nine). Based on the evidence seized from his home, the indictment separately charged Gonzalez-Rosario with four additional offenses: first-degree maintaining a CDS production facility, N.J.S.A. 2C:35-4 (count five); third- A-3722-17T4 3 degree possession of CDS, cocaine, N.J.S.A. 2C:35-10(a)(1) (count six); second-degree possession of CDS, cocaine, with intent to distribute, N.J.S.A. 2C:35-5(a)(1) and N.J.S.A. 2C:35-5(b)(2) (count seven); possession of CDS, cocaine, with intent to distribute within 1000 feet of school property, N.J.S.A. 2C:35-7 (count eight). At trial, the State presented ...
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