Using Ubik Load Pack JSON plugin for JMeter which is part of JMeter since version 3.0 (donated plugin) and called JSON Extractor, you can do it:
Test Plan overview:
ULP_JSON PostProcessor:
If Controller:
And here is the run result:
So as you can see it is possible with plain JMeter
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