STATE v. EHRENBERG


284 N.J. Super. 309 (1994)

664 A.2d 1301

STATE OF NEW JERSEY, PLAINTIFF, v. PEGGY EHRENBERG, DEFENDANT.

Superior Court of New Jersey, Law Division Bergen County.

Decided April 19, 1994.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John J. Fahy, Bergen County Prosecutor (Phillip La Porta, Law Clerk, appearing for the State).

Albert F. Carilli, for defendant.


KOBLITZ, J.S.C.

This case raises the novel issue of whether an individual who has been charged with a disorderly persons offense and does not face "consequences of magnitude," may nonetheless be entitled to a court appointed attorney where the individual's mental state raises an issue as to her competency to adequately protect her rights at trial.

The defendant was convicted in Englewood Municipal Court of one count of harassment, in violation of N.J.S...

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