Legal Opinion
State ex rel. H. M. T.
New Jersey Superior Court Appellate Division
Decided May 3, 1978PublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered by
Pressler, J. A. D.
These consolidated appeals in two factually unrelated cases raise a question of first impression in this jurisdiction regarding the right of a juvenile to a speedy trial. More specifically, we are here called upon to construe the requirement of R. 5:8-2(e) that an officer taking a juvenile into custody shall file a complaint “forthwith” and to consider in terms of the continued viability' of the complaint the consequences of noncompliance with the “forthwith” mandate.
P. J. W., then 16 years old, was taken into custody by a Raritan…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- Barker v. WingoSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
- In Re GAULTSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
- United States v. Dennis Garland AndyCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1977
- United States v. Armando Gonzalez-GonzalezCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1975
- United States v. Gary Manuel CheyenneCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1977
3Cited by8 opinions
- State v. GleasonSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1979
- State v. HicksNew Mexico Court of Appeals · 1986
- State v. McGheeSupreme Court of Iowa · 1979
- State ex rel. A.H.New Jersey Superior Court Appellate Division · 1997
- State ex rel. P.M.P.New Jersey Superior Court Appellate Division · 2008
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