Breeden v. New Jersey Department of Corrections

The opinion of the court was delivered by

BAIME, J.A.D.

While serving a sentence in New Jersey, appellant escaped and fled to California where he committed another offense. Following his apprehension and conviction in that state, the Superior Court of California imposed a sentence of three years and directed that it be served concurrent to the uncompleted portion of appellant’s New Jersey prison term. Despite repeated requests by the California Department of Corrections, New Jersey prison officials refused to accept appellant’s return to this state for service of the balance of his New Jersey…