State v. Sanders

The opinion of the court was delivered by

KING, P.J.A.D.

In this case Judge Smith issued a domestic violence temporary restraining order (TRO) against appellant Helen M. Sanders on May 18, 1998. N.J.S.A. 2C:25-29. Sanders violated the TRO on May 21, 1998. On May 27, 1998,- at the final hearing for the *387domestic violence matter, Judge Smith made a finding that no domestic violence was proved, dismissed the complaint and vacated the TRO.

A hearing on the contempt charge for violation of the TRO was held on November 9, 1998. Appellant Sanders was tried and convicted at that time before Judge Bell,…