STATE v. AMER

A-9 September Term 2022 086950.

297 A.3d 364 (2023)

254 N.J. 405

STATE of New Jersey, Plaintiff-Respondent, v. Rami A. AMER, Defendant-Appellant.

Supreme Court of New Jersey.

Decided July 3, 2023.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Shane D. Avidan , Designated Counsel, argued the cause for appellant ( Joseph E. Krakora , Public Defender, attorney; Alison Perrone , Deputy Public Defender, Scott Welfel , Assistant Deputy Public Defender, and Shane D. Avidan, Harris Fischman , and Alexander E. Jones , Designated Counsel, admitted pursuant to Rule 1:21-3(c), on the briefs).

Michael C. Mellon , Special Deputy Attorney General/Acting Assistant Prosecutor, argued the cause for respondent ( Christine A. Hoffman , Acting Gloucester County Prosecutor, attorney; Michael C. Mellon, of counsel and on the briefs, and Dana R. Anton , Special Deputy Attorney General/Acting Senior Assistant Prosecutor, on the briefs).

James A. Plaisted argued the cause for amicus curiae Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers of New Jersey (Pashman Stein Walder Hayden, attorneys; James A. Plaisted, Hackensack, and Joshua P. Law , on the brief).

Jennifer E. Kmieciak , Deputy Attorney General, argued the cause for amicus curiae Attorney General of New Jersey ( Matthew J. Platkin , Attorney General, attorney; Jennifer E. Kmieciak, of counsel and on the brief).


The Interstate Agreement on Detainers (IAD), codified in New Jersey as N.J.S.A. 2A:159A-1 to-15, is a congressionally sanctioned interstate compact addressing the transfer of a prisoner from the jurisdiction in which he is incarcerated to another jurisdiction in which he faces criminal charges...

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