Legal Question in Criminal Law in New Jersey

Sentence to run concurrent

What is the law if someone was onvicted in both New York and New Jersey for the same crime but is currently serving time in NY and was sentenced to a longer time in NJ and the sentence is to run concurrent, what does this exactly mean?


Asked on 9/22/06, 2:54 pm

2 Answers from Attorneys
Jef Henninger, Esq Law Offices of Jef Henninger, Esq.

Re: Sentence to run concurrent

Your question doesn't really make much sense since you cannot be prosecuted for the exact same crime twice. However, assuming otherwise, what that means is that he's going to max out in NY and then get shipped back to NJ to finish out the remainder of his sentence there and not start over from the start. In other words, if he got 5 in NY and 7 in NJ, he would do the 5 (assuming he would do the whole stretch) and then come back to NJ for 2 more years (7-5).

My only concern is how the parole situation would work and if he will get the same amount of credits here as he would there.

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Answered on 9/22/06, 4:52 pm
Gary Moore Gary Moore Attorney At Law

Re: Sentence to run concurrent

It means that your New Jersey sentence is deemed to be running from the day that the person was sentenced and when the person finishes his sentence in New York he is to be returned to New Jersey where his earliest date for release on parole is to involve giving credit for time already served in New York while serving a sentence following being sentenced in New Jersey.

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Gary Moore, Esquire

Hackensack, New Jersey

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Answered on 9/22/06, 5:35 pm


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