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N.J. Ct. R. 3:3-4
Defective Warrant or Summons
(a) Amendment. No person arrested under a warrant or appearing in response to a summons shall be discharged from custody or dismissed because of any technical insufficiency or irregularity in the warrant or summons, but the warrant or summons may be amended to remedy any such technical defect.
(b) Issuance of New Warrant or Summons. If prior to or during the hearing as to probable cause, it appears that the warrant executed or summons issued does not properly name or describe the defendant, or the offense with which the defendant is charged, or that although not guilty of the offense specified in the warrant or summons there is reasonable ground to believe that the defendant is guilty of some other offense, the court shall not discharge or dismiss the defendant but shall forthwith cause a new complaint to be filed and thereupon issue a new warrant or summons.
History
Note: Source -- R.R. 3:2-2(d); paragraph (b) amended July 13, 1994 to be effective September 1, 1994.
Provenance
- Source
- njcourts.gov
- Retrieved
- 2026-09-14
- Edition
- 2026-09-14
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