MATTER OF JOHNSON


267 N.J. Super. 600 (1993)

632 A.2d 539

IN THE MATTER OF DENIAL OF A PERMIT TO CARRY A HANDGUN BY LEON F. JOHNSON, PLAINTIFF-APPELLANT.

Superior Court of New Jersey, Appellate Division.

Decided October 29, 1993.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Waters, Sherman & Puma, attorneys for appellant (David J. Puma, on the letter brief).

Ronald A. Epstein, Salem County Prosecutor, attorney for respondent (Gregory G. Waterston, Assistant Prosecutor, of counsel and on the letter brief).

Before Judges SKILLMAN, KESTIN and WEFING.


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

Leon F. Johnson, the mayor of the City of Salem, appeals the denial of a handgun permit. Judge Farrell articulated his reasons for denying the permit in a letter decision dated November 13, 1992, noting that Mayor Johnson satisfied two of the three criteria required by statute, N.J.S.A. 2C:58-4d. He is a person of good character not subject to specific...

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