State v. Ivonne Saavedra (073793)

In this appeal, we review the trial court’s denial of defendant Ivonne Saavedra’s motion to dismiss her indictment for official misconduct and theft by unlawful taking of public documents. We also consider defendant’s constitutional and public policy challenges to the official misconduct and theft statutes as they apply to her case.

Defendant, an employee of the North Bergen Board of Education (Board), filed an action asserting statutory and common law employment discrimination claims against the Board. In the course of discovery in that action, defendant’s counsel produced several hundred…