2C:1-11. Former Prosecution in Another Jurisdiction: When a Bar.
When conduct
constitutes an offense within the concurrent jurisdiction of this State
and of the United States, a prosecution in the District Court of the
United States is a bar to a subsequent prosecution in this State under
the following circumstances:
a. The first prosecution resulted in an acquittal or in a
conviction, or in an improper termination as defined in section 2C:1-9
and the subsequent prosecution is based on the same conduct, unless (1)
the offense of which the defendant was formerly convicted or acquitted
and the offense for which he is subsequently prosecuted each requires
proof of a fact not required by the other and the law defining each of
such offenses is intended to prevent a substantially different harm or
evil or (2) the offense for which the defendant is subsequently
prosecuted is intended to prevent a substantially more serious harm or
evil than the offense of which he was formerly convicted or acquitted
or (3) the second offense was not consummated when the former trial
began; or
b. The former prosecution was terminated, after the information was
filed or the indictment found, by an acquittal or by a final order or
judgment for the defendant which has not been set aside, reversed or
vacated and which acquittal, final order or judgment necessarily
required a determination inconsistent with a fact which must be
established for conviction of the offense of which the defendant is
subsequently prosecuted.
L.1978, c. 95, s. 2C:1-11, eff. Sept. 1, 1979.