State v. Pulasty

Defendant pleaded guilty to second-degree theft by deception. The trial court ordered him to make restitution to his employer. On defendant’s appeal the Appellate Division affirmed, and we granted certification, 133 N.J. 430, 627 A.2d 1136 (1993). Substantially for the reasons set forth in the Appellate Division opinion, see 259 N.J.Super. 274, 612 A.2d 952 (1992), we reject defendant’s argument that the trial court should have permitted him to withdraw his guilty plea. We likewise agree with the court below, although on a different basis, that the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of…