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STATE v. LeFURGE

222 N.J. Super. 92 (1988)

535 A.2d 1015

STATE OF NEW JERSEY, PLAINTIFF-RESPONDENT, v. THOMAS LEFURGE, DEFENDANT-APPELLANT.

Superior Court of New Jersey, Appellate Division.

Decided January 8, 1988.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Alfred A. Slocum, Public Defender, attorney for appellant (Terence Farrell, Designated Counsel, of counsel and on the letter brief).

Paul M. DePascal, Prosecutor of Hudson County, attorney for respondent (William C. Whitehouse, Assistant Prosecutor, on the brief).

Before Judges FURMAN, BRODY and LONG.

The opinion of the court was delivered by LONG, J.A.D.

The question we address today is whether the speedy trial clause of the Sixth Amendment to the United States Constitution applies to a period of time during which a defendant is not in jail or under any official restraint. In confronting this issue, we have adopted the approach recently enunciated by the United States Supreme Court in United States v. Loud Hawk, 474 U.S. 302

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