DOE v. PORITZ


142 N.J. 1 (1995)

662 A.2d 367

JOHN DOE (A FICTITIOUS NAME), INDIVIDUALLY AND ON BEHALF OF ALL OTHERS SIMILARLY SITUATED, PLAINTIFF-APPELLANT AND CROSS-RESPONDENT, v. DEBORAH PORITZ, ATTORNEY GENERAL OF THE STATE OF NEW JERSEY, DEFENDANT-RESPONDENT AND CROSS-APPELLANT.

The Supreme Court of New Jersey.

Decided July 25, 1995.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John S. Furlong argued the cause for appellant and cross-respondent (Furlong and Krasny, attorneys).

Deborah T. Poritz, Attorney General of New Jersey, argued the cause pro se (Ms. Poritz, attorney; Joseph L. Yannotti and Jane A. Grall, Assistant Attorneys General, and Madeleine W. Mansier, Deputy Attorney General, of counsel; Ms. Grall, Ms. Mansier, Michael J. Haas and Karen L. Suter, Senior Deputy Attorneys General, Rhonda S. Berliner, Patrick DeAlmeida, B. Stephan Finkel, Todd A. Wigder, and Sharon M. Hallanan, Deputy Attorneys General, on the briefs).

Matthew Astore, Deputy Public Defender II, argued the cause for amicus curiae Public Defender (Susan L. Reisner, Public Defender, attorney).

John J. Gibbons argued the cause for amicus curiae American Civil Liberties Union of New Jersey (Crummy, Del Deo, Dolan, Griffinger & Vecchione, attorneys; Mr. Gibbons, Lawrence S. Lustberg, Jonathan Romberg, and Christopher T. Walsh, on the briefs).

Faith S. Hochberg, United States Attorney, argued the cause for amicus curiae United States (Ms. Hochberg, attorney; Stuart J. Rabner and George S. Leone, Assistant United States Attorneys, Leonard Schaitman, a member of the New York bar, Wendy M. Keats and Lowell V. Sturgill, members of the District of Columbia bar, on the briefs).

Glenn R. Paulsen argued the cause for amicus curiae New Jersey Senate (Capehart & Scatchard, attorneys).

Ronald K. Chen submitted a brief on behalf of amicus curiae Carlos Diaz.

Geoffrey S. Berman submitted a brief on behalf of amici curiae Maureen and Richard Kanka, Hon. Dick Zimmer, Hon. Randall Cunningham, Hon. Nathan Deal, Hon. Jennifer Dunn, Hon. Tillie Flower, Hon. Thomas Manton, Hon. Susan Molinari, Hon. Jim Saxton, and Hon. Christopher Smith (Mudge Rose Guthrie Alexander & Ferdon, attorneys; Mr. Berman and Jacklyn K. Bartlett, on the brief).



                              Table of Contents

   I The Legislative Purpose: Addressing the Problem
       of Repetitive Sex Offenders ....................................  14
  II The Laws and the Attorney General's Guidelines ...................  20
 III The Challenges to the Law ........................................  26
  IV Interpretation of Statute; Revision of Attorney
       General's...

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