New Jersey Statutes 2A:166A-1. Maximum amount of reimbursement
Current as of: 2024 | Check for updates
|
Other versions
Terms Used In New Jersey Statutes 2A:166A-1
- Appeal: A request made after a trial, asking another court (usually the court of appeals) to decide whether the trial was conducted properly. To make such a request is "to appeal" or "to take an appeal." One who appeals is called the appellant.
- Capital offense: A crime punishable by death.
- Defendant: In a civil suit, the person complained against; in a criminal case, the person accused of the crime.
- State: extends to and includes any State, territory or possession of the United States, the District of Columbia and the Canal Zone. See New Jersey Statutes 1:1-2
- Trial: A hearing that takes place when the defendant pleads "not guilty" and witnesses are required to come to court to give evidence.
Any county which incurs expense in connection with the prosecution and defense of a defendant charged with commission of a capital offense while confined to a State penal or correctional institution located in the county shall be entitled to reimbursement therefor by the State in amounts not to exceed the following:
a. $500.00 for any case, whether or not the same is brought to trial, plus
b. $750.00 for each trial day, plus
c. The actual expense of printing required in connection with any appeal from the judgment of the trial court.
L.1960, c. 24, p. 85, s. 1.