State v. Hernandez

Judge STERN

(temporarily assigned) delivered the opinion of the Court.

We granted certification to consider the proper interpretation and application of Rule 3:21-8, the rule governing the award of jail credits, to cases involving defendants sentenced to imprisonment on multiple indictments. One case involves the disposition of charges in multiple counties; the other multiple charges in the same county. We hold that both defendants are entitled to precisely what the Rule provides: credits against all sentences “for any time served in custody in jail or in a state hospital between arrest and the…