State v. One (1971) Datsun

The opinion of the court was delivered by

GAULKIN, J.A.D.

On this appeal from a final judgment directing forfeiture of a Datsun automobile (N.J.S.A. 2C:64-1 et seq.), appellant John V. Laggy, Sr., the owner of the automobile, urges that N.J.S.A. 2C:64-1 is “invalid on its face” because it is “unconstitutionally overbroad.” He suggests that the constitutional infirmity can be “avoided” by interpreting the statute to prohibit forfeiture “when the property is used in the commission of a criminal offense without the owner’s knowledge.”

We find nothing in the language of N.J.S.A. 2C:64-1 to suggest…