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IN RE D.J.B.

A-39 September Term 2012, 070973

83 A.3d 2 (2014)

216 N.J. 433

In the Matter of the Expungement Application of D.J.B.

Supreme Court of New Jersey.

Decided January 16, 2014.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Randolph H. Wolf , Red Bank, argued the cause for appellant D.J.B. (Mr. Wolf , attorney; Mr. Wolf and Katherine A. North , on the brief).

Anthony J. Parenti, Jr. , Assistant Prosecutor, argued the cause for respondent State of New Jersey ( Geoffrey D. Soriano , Somerset County Prosecutor, attorney; Mr. Parenti and Cameron W. MacLeod , Legal Assistant, on the letter briefs).

Analisa Sama Holmes , Deputy Attorney General, argued the matter on behalf of amicus curiae Attorney General of New Jersey ( John J. Hoffman , Acting Attorney General, attorney).

D.J.B. submitted briefs pro se.

Chief Justice RABNER delivered the opinion of the Court.

In this case, we consider whether someone who has been adjudged delinquent as a juvenile — for acts that would be considered crimes had they been committed by an adult — can have an adult criminal conviction expunged. The question turns on the specific language of the expungement statute, N.J.S.A. 2C:52-1 to -32, and the Legislature's intent.

Two sections of the expungement law are...

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