State v. Harvey

The opinion of the Court was delivered by

VERNIERO, J.

We granted leave to appeal, 171 N.J. 439, 794 A.2d 179 (2002), to resolve a narrow question related to defendant’s petition for post-conviction relief (PCR). The petition stems from a previous capital-murder conviction for which defendant received a death sentence. It alleges, among other things, that the prosecutor’s office in Middlesex County had engaged in misconduct by destroying evidence that might have aided the defense. That allegation, although broadly framed, focuses most specifically on one assistant prosecutor. Its merit is not…