In re P.A.F.

The opinion of the Court was delivered by

ALBIN, J.

A public official who commits a crime involving or touching his office is not eligible for expungement of the record of his conviction by the express language of the third paragraph of N.J.S.A. 2C:52-2b. We are called on to determine whether that same provision bars a private citizen, who aids and abets the public official in the commission of the crime, from the benefits of the expungement process. We hold that this provision barring ex-pungement to the public office holder does not extend to the private citizen who serves as his accomplice.

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