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Man Gets Lengthy Sentence For Christmas Homicide Man Gets Lengthy Sentence For Christmas Homicide
Man Gets Lengthy Sentence For Christmas Homicide A 40-year-old Newark man whose case happened in the midst of an overhaul of New Jersey's criminal justice system was sentenced on Monday, July 22, to 68 years in prison for  2016 Christmas morning killing, authorities said. Habeeb Robinson was convicted in June of aggravated manslaughter, weapons possession and witness tampering in the death of Hassan Cobb-Jones, a 32-year-old Newark resident, Essex County Prosecutor Theodore Stephens, II said. He was sentenced to 50 years for the homicide and 18 years for witness tampering, Stephens said. Cobb-Jones was shot in a van on the 100 block …

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