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1 State v. Richard Gomes -- rank: 1000

... adult-use cannabis was an expansive expungement provision, codified at N.J.S.A. 2C:52-6.1, which directs automatic expungement -- “by operation of law� ... of “any case” “by operation of law.” N.J.S.A. 2C:52-6.1. That is unlike traditional expungement provisions. (pp. 22-28 ... marijuana convictions and dispositions “by operation of law.” N.J.S.A. 2C:52-6.1; N.J.S.A. 2C:35-23.1(b ... prior to CREAMMA’s effective date -- is especially instructive. See N.J.S.A. 2C:52-6.1. A former marijuana charge that resulted in a conditional ... adult-use cannabis was an expansive expungement provision, codified at N.J.S.A. 2C:52-6.1, entitled “Certain crimes expunged by operation of law ... effectuate the expungement of records associated with any expunged matter. [ N.J.S.A. 2C:52-6.1 (emphases added).] Notably, the phrase “by operation ...

docket:	a-64-65-21
court:	NJ Superior Court Appellate Division
decided:	2023-02-14
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2 NEW JERSEY DIVISION OF CHILD PROTECTION AND PERMANENCY v. A.P. -- rank: 942

... the Prosecutor's office.' On March 24, 2022, pursuant to N.J.S.A. 2C:52-6, Arlo's criminal matter was expunged by Criminal Part Judge ... 14, which does not apply to an expungement pursuant to N.J.S.A. 2C:52-6, provides: A petition for expungement filed pursuant to this chapter ... if the Legislature intended a similar exception to apply to N.J.S.A. 2C:52-6, the Legislature would have included this exception. However, the Legislature ... Contrary to Arlo's argument, there is an exception to N.J.S.A. 2C:52-6, and that exception is found in N.J.S.A ...

docket:	a3514-21
court:	NJ Superior Court Appellate Division
decided:	2023-05-04
status:	Published
citation:
Document Size:	51000

3 INTHE MATTER OF THE APPLICATION FOR THE EXPUNGEMENT OF THE CRIMINAL RECORD BELONGING TO J.W -- rank: 905

... then interpreted the parenthetical language in the 2016 amendment to N.J.S.A. 2C:52- 6 A-1730-16T3 2(b), 'or causing the child other ...

docket:	a1730-16
court:	NJ Superior Court Appellate Division
decided:	2018-02-26
status:	unpublished
citation:
Document Size:	72419

4 IN THE MATTER OF THE EXPUNGEMENT APPLICATION OF P.H. PURSUANT TO N.J.S.A. 2C:52-1 to -32 July 17, 2014 -- rank: 830

... noting the facts presented were unique and the provisions of N.J.S.A. 2C:52-6 and N.J.S.A. 2C:52-14(c) did ... arrest and all records and information pertaining thereto be expunged. [ N.J.S.A. 2C:52-6(a).] Specifically, the State argues P.H. was not acquitted ... persons charges were "dismissed" as the term is used in N.J.S.A. 2C:52-6(a). P.H. finds support for this assertion in the ... 4. 7 Records of civil violations are ineligible for expungement. N.J.S.A. 2C:52-6(a) (providing expungement relief is available only as set forth ... in this instance and conclude the facts presented fit within N.J.S.A. 2C:52-6(a) because P.H.'s criminal charges were "discharged without ... were dismissed. The petition supported expungement, meeting the requisites of N.J.S.A. 2C:52-6(a). The State's opposition was properly rejected. Accordingly, ...

docket:	a1345-13
court:	New Jersey Superior Court Appellate Division
decided:	0000-00-00
status:	Published
citation:	436 N.J.Super. 427 94 A.3d 914
Document Size:	41775

5 JOHN PAFF v. BOROUGH OF GIBBSBORO ANNE D LEVY in her official capacity as Gibbsboro Borough Clerk and Records Custodian TOWNSHIP OF VOORHEES, JEANETTE SCHELBERG in her official capacity as Voorhees Township Clerk and Records Custodian, RICHARD TAYLOR -- rank: 813

... all records and information pertaining to the arrest, pursuant to N.J.S.A. 2C:52-6. After the expungement petition was pending, unheard, for over six ... 52-4, and persons who were arrested but not convicted. N.J.S.A. 2C:52-6. The court must hold a hearing on an expungement petition ...

docket:	a3300-11
court:	New Jersey Superior Court Appellate Division
decided:	2013-06-17
status:	Published
citation:
Document Size:	49532

6 IN THE MATTER OF THE EXPUNGEMENT APPLICATION OF K.M.G. -- rank: 805

... application with the Law Division seeking an ordinary expungement under N.J.S.A. 2C:52-6, for a 1988 arrest for forgery,1 and under N ...

docket:	a0363-22
court:	NJ Superior Court Appellate Division
decided:	2023-11-08
status:	Published
citation:
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7 IN THE MATTER OF THE EXPUNGEMENT PETITION OF J.B Before Judges Axelrad,1 Sapp-Peterson and Ostrer On appeal from the Superior Court of New Jersey, Law Division Burlington County, Docket No. EX-87-11 Randolph H. Wolf -- rank: 753

... A. 2C:52-3, and the arrest expunged pursuant to N.J.S.A. 2C:52-6. W.J.A. , supra , 173 N.J. Super. at 25 ...

docket:	a1564-11
court:	NJ Superior Court Appellate Division
decided:	2012-06-21
status:	published
citation:	426 N.J. Super. 496 45 A.3d 1014
Document Size:	41809

8 IN THE MATTER OF THE EXPUNGEMENT OF THE CRIMINAL RECORD OF R.K. -- rank: 736

... R.K. IS ELIGIBLE FOR EXPUNGEMENT OF CRIMINAL RECORDS UNDER N.J.S.A. 2C:52-6 AND N.J.S.A. 2C:52-4. B. THE ... PETITION WAS MISPLACED AND INAPPROPRIATE IN THIS MATTER. POINT II N.J.S.A. 2C:52-6 PERMITS EXPUNGEMENT OF A CRIMINAL ARREST WHERE PETITIONER PLEAD[ED ... result in convictions and therefore are eligible for expungement under N.J.S.A. 2C:52-6, the State objects to expungement of those records under N.J.S.A. 2C:52-14b. N.J.S.A. 2C:52-6 is entitled "Arrests not resulting in conviction" and provides that ...

docket:	a4829-10
court:	NJ Superior Court Appellate Division
decided:	2012-02-28
status:	unpublished
citation:
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9 IN THE MATTER OF THE EXPUNGEMENT APPLICATION OF K.E.B. -- rank: 730

... unlawful purpose. We reject K.E.B.'s contention that N.J.S.A. 2C:52-6 applies to his December 30, 1986 arrest for possession of a weapon for an unlawful purpose. N.J.S.A. 2C:52-6, which pertains to arrests not resulting in convictions, states in ... 2, is helpful to our analysis of the applicability of N.J.S.A. 2C:52-6. In In re Expungement Petition of J.S. , the Court ... by an officer at the same time. As a result, N.J.S.A. 2C:52-6 is inapplicable because these offenses constitute a single criminal event ...

docket:	a5160-14
court:	NJ Superior Court Appellate Division
decided:	2016-10-20
status:	unpublished
citation:
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10 STATE OF NEW JERSEY v. R. O.-S. -- rank: 727

... 52-5.3 and dismissed charges would be expunged under N.J.S.A. 2C:52-6. Such a laborious process not only undermines judicial economy and ...

docket:	XP-21-0276
court:	NJ Superior Court Appellate Division
decided:	2022-12-12
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citation:
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11 IN RE PETITION FOR EXPUNGEMENT OF THE CRIMINAL RECORD BELONGING TO T.O -- rank: 719

... Instead, he relies on his pardon and the provisions of N.J.S.A. 2C:52-6 to contend he is eligible for expungement. He also points ... petitioner has two convictions involving distinct offenses from different dates. N.J.S.A. 2C:52-6 permits expungement when arrests and charges do not result in ... were dismissed, [or] the person was acquitted . . . or discharge[d].' N.J.S.A. 2C:52-6(a). Here, petitioner pled guilty to two criminal offenses, so his reliance on N.J.S.A. 2C:52-6 is misplaced. A-3148-18T1 6 Next, regarding petitioner's ...

docket:	a3148-18
court:	NJ Superior Court Appellate Division
decided:	2019-12-30
status:	Unpublished
citation:
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12 IN THE MATTER OF THE EXPUNGEMENT PETITION OF R.B.T -- rank: 716

... see also State v. DeMarco, 107 N.J. 562 (1987). N.J.S.A. 2C:52-6(a) sets forth the criteria for expungement of arrest records ... expungement of all records and information relating to the arrest. [N.J.S.A. 2C:52-6(a)] After being admitted into and successfully completing a supervisory ... entry of the order of dismissal to apply for expungement. N.J.S.A. 2C:52-6(c)(1). Upon completion A-2454-19T2 5 of this ... By doing so, the State all but guaranteed expungement under N.J.S.A. 2C:52-6(a), which was in place at the time PTI was ...

docket:	a2454-19
court:	NJ Superior Court Appellate Division
decided:	2020-10-14
status:	Unpublished
citation:
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13 /usr/local/share/www/libweb/collections/courts/appellate/state.opn.html -- rank: 710

... 14(m)) and Expungements of Arrests not Resulting in Conviction ( N.J.S.A. 2C:52-6) (May 23, 2016), http://www.judiciary.state.nj.us/attorneys ...

docket:	State
court:	NJ Superior Court Law/Chancery Division
decided:	0000-00-00
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14 IN THE MATTER OF THE EXPUNGEMENT OF THE CRIMINAL RECORDS OF A.W. -- rank: 636

... order dismissing her petition to expunge numerous arrests pursuant to N.J.S.A. 2C:52-6. We remand for further proceedings consistent with this opinion. From ... to seek an expungement of her dismissed arrests pursuant to N.J.S.A. 2C:52-6, which provides, with exceptions not relevant here, that a petition ...

docket:	a5356-11
court:	NJ Superior Court Appellate Division
decided:	2013-03-28
status:	unpublished
citation:
Document Size:	18869

15 IN THE MATTER OF A PETITION FOR EXPUNGEMENT OF MARTIN V CARLUCCIO -- rank: 578

... THE CURRENT AMENDMENTS. POINT I[I] THE AMENDMENTS MADE TO [ N.J.S.A. ] 2C:52-6 CLEARLY DO NOT EXCLUDE APPELLANT'S PETITION. POINT II[I] THE AMENDMENTS MADE TO [ N.J.S.A. ] 2C:52-6(5)(C) SUPPORT THE ARGUMENT PUT FORTH BY APPELLANT BY ... THE ORDER OF DISMISSAL. POINT I[V] THE PROVISIONS OF [ N.J.S.A.] 2C:52-6(5)(b) STATE THAT THE EXPUNGEMENT NEED NOT BE ORDERED ...

docket:	a5110-15
court:	NJ Superior Court Appellate Division
decided:	2017-07-13
status:	unpublished
citation:
Document Size:	14035