Rosen v. State

The opinion of the court was delivered

The appellant, Harry Rosen, public relations officer of the Newark police department, moved to expunge a paragraph in a presentment made by the Essex County Grand Jury in April 1965 because, he claimed, it constituted improper censure of him as a public official. See In re Presentment by Camden County Grand Jury, 34 N. J. 378 (1961). Assignment Judge Waugh struck a portion of the paragraph and ordered the document filed as so altered. It was then made public. Rosen appealed from the refusal to expunge the paragraph in its entirety and the State…