State v. Egles

The opinion of the court was delivered by

LESEMANN, J.S.C. (temporarily assigned).

On appeal from a municipal court conviction, the Law Division found that the warrant portion of a complaint-warrant was invalid, as was the attempt to execute the warrant by arresting the defendant. Based on that finding, it dismissed the two count complaint charging defendant with disorderly conduct and resisting arrest.

The State argues that use of a warrant here was correct, but that, even assuming the contrary, the court should have amended the warrant-complaint, treated it as a summons-complaint and dealt…