State of La. v. Aronson
| Decision Date | 01 May 1969 |
| Citation | 252 A.2d 733,105 N.J.Super. 410 |
| Parties | STATE OF LOUISIANA, Plaintiff-Respondent, v. Sheldon Lester ARONSON, Defendant-Appellant. |
| Court | New Jersey Superior Court — Appellate Division |
Harold J. Ruvoldt, Jr., Jersey City, for appellant (Ruvoldt & Ruvoldt, Jersey City, attorneys).
William J. Cunnane, Asst. Prosecutor, for respondent (James A. Tumulty, Jr., Hudson County Prosecutor, attorney).
Before Judges SULLIVAN, FOLEY and LEWIS.
The opinion of the court was delivered by
SULLIVAN, S.J.A.D.
This appeal involves the issue whether New Jersey is a receiving state under the Uniform Act for Out-of-State Parolee Supervision (Uniform Compact Act). New Jersey is a signatory to the interstate compact for supervision of parolees and probationers of one state resident in another state, and has adopted the Uniform Compact Act, N.J.S. 2A:168--14 to 17, N.J.S.A.
Defendant Aronson was convicted of the possession of narcotics in the State of Louisiana in December 1967. He was placed on probation in that state for 2 1/2 years but was given permission to take up residence in Brooklyn, New York, with his parents. The record contains the hearsay statement that defendant 'signed a waiver or agreement to return in the event that a violation of probation warrant was issued against him.'
Defendant, without permission of the Louisiana probation authorities, moved to New Jersey and has continued to reside in this State. As a result, a warrant charging defendant with violation of probation was issued in Louisiana and delivered to the Hudson County Probation Office. The matter then came on for a hearing before the Hudson County Court, which ruled that New Jersey was a receiving state under the Uniform Compact Act and that the warrant was sufficient authority to deliver defendant to the duly accredited officer of Louisiana for return to that state.
Defendant appeals, charging that New Jersey is not a receiving state under the Uniform Compact Act because it is not the state in which defendant was permitted to reside, nor has New Jersey consented to receive defendant and exercise parole supervision over him, as the Uniform Compact Act provides. Defendant argues that the proper proceeding to be followed is extradition and that in fact extradition proceedings against him are pending in New Jersey and awaiting the outcome of this appeal.
We affirm the decision of the Hudson County Court. It is true that New Jersey is not a receiving state in the sense that it is not the state in which defendant is permitted to reside under the terms of his parole. New Jersey has not consented to defendant being allowed to reside in this State, nor has it assumed the duties of parole supervision over defendant. However, New Jersey is a signatory to the interstate compact and has adopted the Uniform Compact Act. One of the purposes of said act is to facilitate the return of parolees to the paroling state without the necessity of bringing formal extradition proceedings. See N.J.S. 2A:168--14(3). To that end, the Uniform Compact Act provides that all legal requirements to obtain extradition are expressly waived on the part of states which are parties to the compact as to parolees and probationers from another state.
It is undisputed that defendant is found in this State. Since New Jersey is a signatory to the compact, and has adopted the Uniform Compact Act, we conclude that New Jersey is a receiving state for the purpose of returning defendant to Louisiana as a parole violater under the procedures established in the Uniform Compact Act. Cf. In re Casemento, 24 N.J.Misc. 345, 49 A.2d 437 (C.P. 1945).
We note that in the 1953 supplement to the Uniform Compact Act, N.J.S. 2A:168--18 to 25, N.J.S.A., 'Receiving State' is defined as 'any State, other than the sending State, in which a parolee or probationer may be found; Provided, that said State has enacted reciprocal legislation.' See N.J.S. 2A:168--19, N.J.S.A. We find no merit in defendant's contentions that the Uniform Compact Act denies due process of law and is unconstitutional. Ex parte Tenner, 20 Cal.2d 670, 128 P.2d 338 (Sup.Ct.1942), stay granted 314 U.S. 585, 62 S.Ct. 409, 86 L.Ed. 473 (1941), stay vacated 317 U.S. 597, 63 S.Ct. 151, 87 L.Ed. 488 (1942); Pierce v. Smith, 31 Wash.2d 52, 195 P.2d 112 (Sup.Ct.1948), Certiorari denied 335 U.S. 834, 69 S.Ct. 24, 93 L.Ed. 387 (1948).
Defendant's further contention that the pending extradition proceeding is a criminal charge against him in this State and bars...
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