State v. Blazanin

The opinion of the court was delivered by

PETRELLA, P.J.A.D.

The Monmouth County Prosecutor appeals the Law Division Judge’s action in an expungement proceeding brought by respondent Emilio Blazanin. The judge treated what was Blazanin’s *223misdemeanor conviction under Title 2A as equivalent to a present disorderly persons offense under Title 2C. After so doing, the judge expunged a subsequent indictable conviction. The judge then expunged the first conviction, which he had treated as a disorderly persons offense in order to expunge the second conviction. On this appeal the State argues that the…