State v. Meltzer

DIANA, A.J.S.C.

The instant matter is before the court on motion by defendant Mark H. Meltzer requesting dismissal of two indictments. This pretrial criminal proceeding raises a novel issue entailing interpretation of the “bail jumping” statute (N.J.S.A. 2C:29-7) as it relates to the statutory period of time limiting prosecution (N.J.S.A. 2C:l-6) thereof. This court considered the following uncontroverted facts in resolving this and other issues presented by defendant’s motion.

On November 13, 1978, defendant was stopped for speeding on Route 80 by a New Jersey state trooper. A search of…