MATTER OF RETURN OF WEAPONS OF J.W.D.


290 N.J. Super. 451 (1996)

676 A.2d 138

IN THE MATTER OF RETURN OF WEAPONS OF J.W.D.

Superior Court of New Jersey, Appellate Division.

Decided May 15, 1996.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gebhardt & Kiefer, attorneys for appellant, J.W.D. (William W. Goodwin, Jr. and Irene A. Cirolla, on the brief).

Sharon B. Ransavage, Hunterdon County Prosecutor, attorney for respondent, State of New Jersey (James C. Lankford, Assistant Prosecutor, of counsel; Dawn K. Scala, Assistant Prosecutor, on the brief).

Before Judges SHEBELL, STERN and NEWMAN.


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

J.W.D. appeals from the Family Part's denial of a return of his weapons and revocation of his firearms purchaser's identification card after domestic violence charges against him were dismissed. Although we reverse in the present case, we now hold that weapons need not be returned under N.J.S.A. 2C:25-21d(3) even though no criminal or domestic violence charges remain and the domestic violence situation...

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