State ex rel. V.A.

The opinion of the court was delivered by

BAXTER, J.A.D.

By leave granted, the State appeals interlocutory orders denying its motions for waiver of four juveniles to the Law Division for prosecution as adults. After finding that the State had established probable cause to conclude each of the four had committed an offense that subjected him to waiver, namely, second-degree aggravated assault, the judge denied the State’s motion based on his conclusion that the State’s decision to seek waiver constituted a patent and gross abuse of discretion.

During the proceeding, the judge expressed his strong…