STATE v. JONES


287 N.J. Super. 478 (1996)

671 A.2d 586

STATE OF NEW JERSEY, PLAINTIFF-RESPONDENT, v. LOUIS JONES, DEFENDANT-APPELLANT.

Superior Court of New Jersey, Appellate Division.

Decided February 16, 1996.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael B. Jones, Assistant Deputy Public Defender, argued the cause for appellant (Susan L. Reisner, Public Defender, attorney).

Simon Louis Rosenbach, Assistant Prosecutor, argued the cause for respondent (Robert W. Gluck, Middlesex County Prosecutor, attorney).

Before Judges PRESSLER, KEEFE and WEFING.


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

The principal issue to be decided on this appeal is whether defendant's state prosecution for third degree possession of cocaine and first degree possession of cocaine with intent to distribute should have been barred under N.J.S.A. 2C:1-11 because of his previous federal conviction in North Carolina for conspiracy to distribute cocaine, and for violating the Travel Act. If defendant's New Jersey prosecution...

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