A prosecutor’s improper remarks to grand jurors after they voted to indict a drug defendant but before the indictment was handed up were grounds for dismissal of the case.

Cape May County Superior Court Judge Raymond Batten ruled that the comments, concerning the amount and significance of the evidence and the accused’s guilt, "improperly intruded on the grand jury’s decision-making function and, at the very least, gave rise to an intolerable appearance of taint."