State v. Yoskowitz

The opinion of the court was delivered by

LANDAU, J.A.D.

Following entry of a guilty plea on one count of attempted theft by deception contrary to N.J.S.A. 2C:20-4a and N.J.S.A. 2C:5-1, defendant Marc Yoskowitz appeals his conviction, and also challenges the indictment under which he was charged with arson with the purpose of collecting insurance money contrary to N.J.S.A. 2C:17-lb(3). He also raises an issue arising out of this court’s earlier decision which summarily reversed the trial judge’s reversal of the prosecutor’s denial of application for Pretrial Intervention (PTI).

In January 1985,…