Moore v. Youth Correctional Institute

The opinion of the Court was delivered by

GARIBALDI, J.

This appeal concerns the interpretation of N.J.S.A. 2C:51-2(a)(2), which provides that a person holding public employment shall forfeit public employment if he or she “is convicted of an offense involving or touching such office, position or employment.” Moore, a senior prison corrections officer, was convicted in municipal court of harassing his supervisor, a petty-disorderly-persons offense. His employer, the New Jersey Department of Corrections (“DOC”), determined that he had forfeited his employment as a result of his conviction. The…