STATE v. SUTTON


80 N.J. 110 (1979)

402 A.2d 230

STATE OF NEW JERSEY, PLAINTIFF-RESPONDENT, v. BARBARA SUTTON, DEFENDANT-APPELLANT.

The Supreme Court of New Jersey.

Decided May 24, 1979.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Thomas A. Pavics, Assistant Deputy Public Defender, argued the cause for appellant (Mr. Stanley C. Van Ness, Public Defender, attorney; Mr. Morton L. Anekstein, Assistant Deputy Public Defender, on the brief).

Mr. Larry R. Etzweiler, Deputy Attorney General, argued the cause for respondent (Mr. John J. Degnan, Attorney General of New Jersey, attorney).


The opinion of the court was delivered by PASHMAN, J.

This case constitutes the third and final controversy presented to us today involving the propriety of a prosecutor's refusal to sanction a defendant's admission into a county Pretrial Intervention Program (PTI), see R. 3:28. As in State v. Bender, 80 N.J. 84 (1979) and State v. Maddocks, 80 N.J. 98 (1979), we are here called upon...

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