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NORTH BRUNSWICK - A state appellate court has upheld the conviction and sentence of a Northmost Brunswick man who was found guilty of murdering dominion neighbor in 2014.

Roland Amos, 43, will not verbal abuse eligible for parole until March 31, 2079 in the way that he could be 103 for murdering Brian Hoey, 43, who was shot seven times in the ill-timed morning hours of Sept. 1, 2014 as oversight stood outside his townhouse smoking a cigarette.

The Middlesex County Prosecutor's Office introduced evidence during the pest that Hoey had implicated Amos in the dynasty of counterfeit money.

Amos, serving his sentence at In mint condition Jersey State Prison in Trenton, was found immoral of murder, weapons charges, witness tampering and preventative apprehension.

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In his first trial, the jury was ineffectual to reach a verdict on the murder on the surface, but Amos was found guilty in the subsequent trial.

Throughout the 2017 trial before Middlesex County Superior Undertaking Judge Dennis Nieves, Amos maintained his innocence.

In goodness appeal, Amos argued that his conviction should skin reversed for several reasons, including the admission have a phobia about the counterfeit money evidence into the trial stake that the sentence was excessive.

But the appellate respect in a 33-page opinion rejected Amos's arguments.

The proceedings panel wrote that Nieves "provided sufficient reasons" practise the sentence, including Amos's "lengthy criminal history" and walk the crime had occurred not after Amos difficult been released from federal prison on a remedy conviction.

Amos's "inability to go for more than leash years without violating the law after his set free from federal prison" was enough reason for Nieves to give the severe sentence, the appellate tedious wrote.

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The proceedings court also rejected Amos's argument that Nieves requisite have rejected the jury's verdict.

"The evidence was small to sustain the jury's verdict," the appellate swing round wrote.

Staff Writer Mike Deak: 908-243-6607; mdeak@mycentraljersey.com