State v. Williams

The opinion of the Court was delivered by

LaVECCHIA, J.

This appeal involves the application of our mandatory joinder rule to two prosecutions brought against defendant, Edmond Williams. Defendant sold cocaine to an undercover officer in Atlantic City. Minutes later, as officers approached him, defendant threw away bags of cocaine while attempting to flee. He was indicted for possession of cocaine and resisting arrest. Approximately four months after the indictment issued and two months after defendant pled guilty to those charges, the Atlantic County Prosecutor filed a second indictment…