Kenneth Vercammen & Associates
Edison, NJ 08817
732-572-0500
Toll Free 1-877-NJLaws1
PO Box 366
Cranbury, NJ 08512
Princeton Area
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The state appeals from an order of the Law Division granting defendant's appeal from PTI denial and directing his admission into the PTI program. Defendant was indicted on two counts of possession of an assault firearm, a third-degree offense contrary to N.J.S.A. 2C:39-5f, and two counts of possession of a large-capacity magazine, a fourth-degree offense contrary to N.J.S.A. 2C:39-3. Investigation disclosed that the weapons were legally obtained when defendant was an out-of-state resident, and he brought them with him when he moved to New Jersey. Defendant had no permit to purchase or possess these firearms within this state. Defendant's PTI application was rejected by the PTI program coordinator, as well as by the attorney general. Defendant appealed to the Law Division, where the judge noted that defendant was 62 years old, employed, a family man and had no prior criminal record. He found that defendant's rejection constituted an abuse of discretion. The Appellate Division reversed. The prosecutor has wide latitude to decide whom to divert into PTI and whom to prosecute, and a prosecutor's law enforcement policy with respect to weapons is relevant and proper to the prosecutor's decision to reject a PTI applicant. The hearing judge improperly substituted his own discretion for that of the attorney general.
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