STATE OF NEW JERSEY VS. ANTOINE MCCRAY STATE OF NEW JERSEY VS. SAHAILE GABOUREL (17-11-1346, MIDDLESEX COUNTY AND STATEWIDE; W-2018-3276-0906, HUDSON COUNTY AND STATEWIDE) (CONSOLIDATED) (RECORD IMPOUNDED) - Published

A defendant who violates a condition in a pretrial release order entered pursuant to the Criminal Justice Reform Act (CJRA or the Act), N.J.S.A. 2A:162-15 to -26, may be charged with contempt of court under N.J.S.A. 2C:29-9(a). Moreover, double jeopardy principles do not preclude the State from charging the defendant with contempt based on his or her failure to comply with the "no-new offense" condition of the release order, and also charging the defendant with commission of that new offense.