Rule 3:21-8 Credit for Confinement Pending Sentence and Re-Sentence
Rule 3:21 — Sentence And Judgment; Withdrawal of Plea; Presentence Investigation; Probation
Rule Text
(a) The defendant shall receive credit on the term of a custodial sentence for any time served in custody in jail or in a state hospital between arrest and the imposition of sentence.
(b) While committed to a residential treatment facility, the defendant shall receive credit on the term of a custodial sentence for each day during which the defendant satisfactorily complied with the terms and conditions of Recovery Court "special probation" pursuant to N.J.S.A. 2C:35-14 or Recovery Court probation pursuant to N.J.S.A. 2C:45-1. The court, in determining the number of credits for time spent in a residential treatment facility, shall consider the recommendations of the treatment provider.
Amendment history: Source -- R.R. 3:7-10(h) (first sentence); amended July 13, 1994 to be effective September 1, 1994; caption amended and text designated as paragraph (a), paragraph (b) adopted July 28, 2017 to be effective September 1, 2017; paragraph (b) amended August 4, 2023 to be effective September 1, 2023.