Legal Opinion
State v. Leonardis
Supreme Court of New Jersey
Decided May 31, 1977PublishedCited by 220 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered by
Pashmah, J.
In State v. Leonardis, 71 N. J. 85 (1976) (hereinafter “Leonardis”), this Court considered the validity of pretrial intervention programs adopted by Bergen and Hudson Counties pursuant to R. 3:28.1 In that opinion we fully outlined the history of pretrial intervention (PTI) and the policy considerations which led to the adoption of r. 3:28. Using the context of the specific cases before us, we augmented the procedures mandated by the rule, holding that a prosecutor who refuses to divert a defendant into PTI must furnish a record of the…
2Cases cited18 opinions
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3Cited by220 opinions
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