State v. Williams

GEIGER, J.A.D.

*322*276Appellant State of New Jersey was granted leave to appeal from an interlocutory Law Division order granting defendant Matthew L. Williams's motion to withdraw his guilty pleas before sentencing. In a case of first impression, we hold the trial court abused its discretion in determining the unanticipated accrual of an additional 366 days of jail credit after the plea hearing provided sufficient reason to permit defendant to withdraw his guilty plea. We reverse and remand for sentencing.

On June 11, 2016, Officer Anthony Pepe of the Green Brook Police Department was flagged…