State v. Ishaque

BEGLIN, A.J.S.C.

This case is one of first impression in New Jersey. It raises the question of when a court has jurisdiction over the offense of bigamy.

Accepting the facts as alleged by the complainant, it appears that Abdul Razzak Ishaque, the defendant, married Evelin Mendez in a civil ceremony in Elizabeth on February 9, 1993, and cohabited thereafter with his'wife at their residence in the city. Some three years later he traveled to Pakistan, where on August 16, 1996 in South Karachi, a ceremony of marriage took place between defendant and Abide Suleman, the complainant. There are…