and remand the case for a new trial. R. 3:21-5 defines the requisites of a judgment of conviction in a criminal case as follows: The judgment shall be signed by the judge and entered by the clerk. A judgment of conviction shall set forth the plea, the verdict or findin A.2d 877 (Law Div.1979) (stating that “[a] ‘conviction’ is merely an intermediate step. It is that stage in a criminal proceeding at which a finding of guilt is made by the court or jury as a result of a trial on the merits or the defendant’s entry of a plea of guilty---- A ‘judgment of conviction’ is a formal document which includes the defendant’s plea, the verdict and the court’s sentence”); cf. State v. Pratts, 145 N.J.Super. 79, 93-94, 366 A.2d 1327 (App.Div.1975), aff'd o.b., 71 N.J. 399, 365 A.2d 928 (1976) (<HOLDING>). The verdict against Guastella finding him
holding that having signed the judgment of conviction the judge thereafter had no authority to increase a legal sentence holding that a sixfold increase in sentence involved no enhancement of sentence because harrisonphilpot was charged and convicted of conspiracy the extent of the conspiracy caused the tremendous increase in her sentence holding that a postconsent reference order signed by the district judge was required to vest authority in a magistrate judge for disposition of a summary judgment motion holding it permissible to increase a mandatory minimum sentence based solely on facts found by the sentencing judge holding that the defendant is not entitled to be sentenced by the judge who took his plea when the judge made no promise to sentence him