State v. C.H.

In this appeal, we consider whether a defendant who is simultaneously sentenced to consecutive sentences on two separate indictments is entitled to the application of jail credit against both indictments pursuant to Rule 3:21-8.

On October 27, 2010, a Warren County grand jury charged defendant in two separate indictments for crimes committed against two minors, D.H. and D.M. Defendant spent 1007 days in pre-sentence custody.

Defendant was subsequently convicted for charges in both indictments and sentenced in a consolidated hearing. For one indictment, defendant received a total of ten years’…