MOORE v. YOUTH CORRECTIONAL INSTITUTE


119 N.J. 256 (1990)

574 A.2d 983

JAMES E. MOORE, JR., APPELLANT, v. YOUTH CORRECTIONAL INSTITUTE AT ANNANDALE AND THE NEW JERSEY DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS, RESPONDENTS.

The Supreme Court of New Jersey.

Decided June 12, 1990.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert A. Fagella argued the cause for appellant (Zazzali, Zazzali, Fagella & Nowak, attorneys).

Jeffrey A. Bartolino, Deputy Attorney General, argued the cause for respondents (Robert J. Del Tufo, Attorney General of New Jersey, attorney; Michael R. Clancy, Assistant Attorney General, of counsel).


The opinion of the Court was delivered by GARIBALDI, J.

This appeal concerns the interpretation of N.J.S.A. 2C:51-2(a)(2), which provides that a person holding public employment shall forfeit public employment if he or she "is convicted of an offense involving or touching such office, position or employment." Moore, a senior prison corrections officer, was convicted in municipal court of harassing his supervisor, a petty-disorderly-persons offense. His employer...

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