STATE v. MICKENS


236 N.J. Super. 272 (1989)

565 A.2d 720

STATE OF NEW JERSEY, PLAINTIFF-RESPONDENT, v. LORRAINE MICKENS, DEFENDANT-APPELLANT.

Superior Court of New Jersey, Appellate Division.

Decided October 23, 1989.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Alfred A. Slocum, Public Defender, attorney for appellant (Mark H. Friedman, Assistant Deputy Public Defender, of counsel and on the letter brief).

Ronald S. Fava, Passaic County Prosecutor, attorney for respondent (Steven E. Braun, Senior Assistant Prosecutor, of counsel and on the letter brief).

Before Judges PRESSLER, LONG and GRUCCIO.


The opinion of the court was delivered by PRESSLER, P.J.A.D.

This is an appeal from an order of the Superior Court, Law Division, affirming the rejection by the Passaic County Prosecutor of defendant Lorraine Mickens' application for admission to the pretrial intervention program (PTI). Concluding that the rejection constituted a patent and gross abuse of discretion, we reverse the order, vacate the ensuing judgment of conviction, and direct defendant's admission...

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