State v. L.H.

Once again, we are called on to delve into the question of when and under what circumstances a defendant being sentenced is entitled to gap-time credit. The notion of gap-time credit stems from N.J.S.A. 2C:44-5(b)(2), “which governs sentencing at different times for multiple offenses[,]” Richardson v. Nickolopoulos, 110 N.J. 241, 242, 540 A.2d 1246 (1988). That statute

requires that when a defendant who has been sentenced to imprisonment is subsequently sentenced to another term for an offense committed prior to the imposition of the former sentence (other than an offense committed while in…