State v. William Roseman and Lori Lewin (073674)

We are called upon to determine whether denial of defendants’ applications to Pretrial Intervention (PTI) by the prosecutor was a patent and gross abuse of discretion. For the reasons set forth below, we reverse the judgment of the Appellate Division and reinstate the trial court’s order compelling defendants’ admission into the Bergen County Pretrial Intervention Program over the objection of the prosecutor.

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The record of the trial court proceedings reveals the following. Defendants William Roseman and Lori Lewin were married from 1992 until 2000, during which time Roseman was elected the…