State v. Allen

The opinion of the court was delivered by

PARRILLO, J.A.D.

The State’s appeal presents the issue of under what circumstances and for what reasons a defendant may be denied dismissal of the underlying charges after he or she successfully completes a Pre-Trial Intervention (PTI) program. In this case, the trial court granted defendant’s dismissal from the PTI program over the objection of the State and without a hearing. For the following reasons, we affirm that order.

On January 25, 2000, defendant Christopher Allen was charged in Warren County by accusation with two counts of third-degree…