STATE, IN INTEREST OF J.G.


151 N.J. 565 (1997)

701 A.2d 1260

STATE OF NEW JERSEY IN THE INTEREST OF J.G., N.S. AND J.T.

The Supreme Court of New Jersey.

Decided September 25, 1997.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ruth Bove Carlucci, Assistant Deputy Public Defender, argued the cause for appellants J.G., N.S. and J.T. (Susan L. Reisner, Public Defender, attorney).

Lisa Sarnoff Gochman, Deputy Attorney General, argued the cause for respondent, State of New Jersey (Peter Verniero, Attorney General of New Jersey, attorney).

John V. Jacobi argued the cause for amicus curiae American Civil Liberties Union of New Jersey (Crummy, Del Deo, Dolan, Griffinger & Vecchione, attorneys; Mr. Jacobi, Lenora M. Lapidus and Lawrence S. Lustberg, on the brief).

Linda E. Fisher, a member of the Pennsylvania bar, submitted a brief on behalf of amici curiae The New Jersey Women & AIDS Network and The Legal Action Center (Melville D. Miller, Jr., President, Legal Services of New Jersey, attorney).


The opinion of the court was delivered by PORITZ, C.J.

Juveniles J.G., N.S. and J.T. challenge the constitutionality of N.J.S.A. 2C:43-2.2 and N.J.S.A. 2A:4A-43.1, which require sex offenders,1 upon a request by the victim, "to submit to ... approved serological test[s] for acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS) or infection with the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) or any...

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