Legal Opinion
In re L.B.
New Jersey Superior Court Appellate Division
Decided February 2, 2004PublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ASHRAFI, J.S.C.
The issue in this case is whether a pardon granted by the Governor permits expungement of a criminal record that would otherwise be barred by statute. In the absence of a statute that says it does not, this court concludes that the pardon permits expungement.
Petitioner L.B. seeks expungement of the records of her arrest and conviction for a serious drug offense in 1987 when she was nineteen years old. According to petitioner, she committed the crime by providing a ride to someone to buy cocaine in New York in exchange for receiving some cocaine for her own use. Since the time…
2Cases cited13 opinions
- Ex Parte GarlandSupreme Court of the United States · 1867
- United States v. Gregory Paul NoonanCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1990
- James Rolf Bjerkan v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1975
- Hozer v. STATE, POLICE & FIREMEN'S PENSION FUNDNew Jersey Superior Court Appellate Division · 1967
- In re J.N.G.New Jersey Superior Court Appellate Division · 1990
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3Cited by8 opinions
- In re the Expungement Petition of D.H.Supreme Court of New Jersey · 2010
- In re G.R.New Jersey Superior Court Appellate Division · 2007
- A.A. v. GramiccioniNew Jersey Superior Court Appellate Division · 2015
- A.A. v. Christopher J. Gramiccioni, Esq., Carey J. HuffNew Jersey Superior Court Appellate Division · 2015
- IN RE PETITION FOR EXPUNGEMENT OF THE CRIMINAL RECORD BELONGING TO T.O. (324-18, HUDSON COUNTY AND STATEWIDE)New Jersey Superior Court Appellate Division · 2019
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