State v. Alexander

WOLIN, J.S.C.

The thrust of this opinion is directed toward the legal distinction between volunteering false information to a law enforcement officer with purpose to hinder the apprehension, prosecution, conviction or punishment of another from the same conduct committed by one who seeks to avoid his own detection with the same consequences. See N.J.S.A. 2C:29-3, et seq.

After his apprehension and arrest in connection with auto theft, the defendant gave to the police a false name and address.1 Subsequently, when confronted with information supplied by an accomplice, he provided his correct name…