In re Petition for Expungement of W.S.

The opinion of the court was delivered by

SKILLMAN, P.J.A.D.

The issue presented by this appeal is whether the prohibition against expungement of convictions under N.J.S.A. 2C:14-2 is limited to convictions for aggravated sexual assault because the parenthetical following the citation to N.J.S.A. 2C:14-2 in N.J.S.A. 2C:52-2(b) refers solely to “aggravated sexual assault” and not to “sexual assault.” We conclude that this parenthetical reference to “aggravated sexual assault” is descriptive only, and that N.J.S.A. 2C:52-2(b) prohibits expungement of any conviction under N.J.S.A. 2C:14-2.

When he…