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1 In the Matter of the Expungement Application of D.J.B. -- rank: 1000

... been convicted of a prior or subsequent crime; and (2) N.J.S.A. 2C:52-4.1(a), which allows a juvenile adjudication to be expunged. As ... denied the petition, finding that “[t]he combination of N.J.S.A. 2C:52-4.1(a) and N.J.S.A. 2C:52-2 serve ... 244 (2013). HELD : Based on its language and legislative history, N.J.S.A. 2C:52-4.1(a) applies only to the expungement of juvenile adjudications and ... considered “prior crimes” pursuant to the last sentence of N.J.S.A. 2C:52-4.1(a), which governs the expungement of juvenile adjudications. The last sentence of N.J.S.A. 2C:52-4.1(a) provides: “For purposes of expungement, any act which ... 1(a) would render parts of the same statute surplusage. N.J.S.A. 2C:52-4.1(b) allows a person to have his delinquency record ...

docket:	A-39-12
court:	NJ Supreme Court
decided:	2014-01-16
status:
citation:	216 N.J. 433 83 A.3d 2
Document Size:	76248

2 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: 931

... expungement of juvenile adjudications. L. 1980, c. 163, codified at N.J.S.A. 2C:52-4.1. J.B. appeals from the trial court's denial of ... court denied it. The court relied on its interpretation of N.J.S.A. 2C:52-4.1(a), which states in an unnumbered paragraph, "For purposes of ... court also denied expungement of the juvenile adjudications based on N.J.S.A. 2C:52-4.1(a)(1), which states that N.J.S.A. 2C ... petitioner's juvenile adjudications were not subject to expungement under N.J.S.A. 2C:52-4.1(a), N.J.S.A. 2C:52-4.1(b) provided an alternative basis for expunging petitioner's entire ... adult. [ L. 1980, c. 163, § 1(a), codified at N.J.S.A. 2C:52-4.1(a).] Second, mirroring the statute governing sealing, but extending ...

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

3 IN THE MATTER OF THE EXPUNGEMENT OF THE ARREST/CHARGE RECORDS OF T.B. -- rank: 878

... specified in N.J.S.[A.] 2C:52-2 through" N.J.S.A. 2C:52-4.1 are inapplicable. Ibid. II. The State contends that since convictions ...

docket:	a1516-16
court:	NJ Superior Court Appellate Division
decided:	2017-08-01
status:	published
citation:	451 N.J.Super. 391 168 A.3d 83
Document Size:	57447

4 IN THE MATTER OF THE EXPUNGEMENT APPLICATION OF K.M.G. -- rank: 790

... N.J.S.A. 2C:52-4; and juvenile matters, N.J.S.A. 2C:52-4.1. In 2019, our Legislature reformed the expungement system, in pertinent ...

docket:	a0363-22
court:	NJ Superior Court Appellate Division
decided:	2023-11-08
status:	Published
citation:
Document Size:	47243

5 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: 785

... b). 7 The statute also addresses expungement of juvenile adjudications, N.J.S.A. 2C:52-4.1, and young drug offenders, N.J.S.A. 2C:52 ...

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

6 IN THE MATTER OF EXPUNGEMENT OF RECORDS OF R.N. -- rank: 697

... of delinquency and his adult third-degree criminal conviction under N.J.S.A. 2C:52-4.1 and N.J.S.A. 2C:52-2. We disagree ... Accordingly, as we have recently concluded, the relevant language of N.J.S.A. 2C:52-4.1(a) "should be construed to apply only to expungements of juvenile adjudications authorized by N.J.S.A. 2C:52-4.1(a)." Ibid. As a result, the State's interpretation of ...

docket:	a3709-10
court:	NJ Superior Court Appellate Division
decided:	2012-08-16
status:	unpublished
citation:
Document Size:	18481

7 STATE OF NEW JERSEY v. D.L.C. -- rank: 697

... degree theft, N.J.S.A. 2C:20-3a. Interpreting N.J.S.A. 2C:52-4.1(a), the court held expungement was not permitted because defendant ... prior .�.�. crime." The State relied on the unnumbered paragraph in N.J.S.A. 2C:52-4.1(a), which states, "[f]or the purposes of expungement, any ... opinion, rejected defendant's argument that the unnumbered paragraph in N.J.S.A. 2C:52-4.1(a) applied only to petitions to expunge juvenile adjudications, which ... would constitute adult crimes. We analyzed the unnumbered paragraph in N.J.S.A. 2C:52-4.1(a), which was included in the 1980 statute permitting expungement ... J.B. , supra , 426 N.J. Super. at 506 (discussing N.J.S.A. 2C:52-4.1(a)). In view of the legislative history of the 1980 ... to apply only to applications to expunge juvenile adjudications under N.J.S.A. 2C:52-4.1(a). The 1980 law was intended to allow expungement ...

docket:	a2013-11
court:	NJ Superior Court Appellate Division
decided:	2013-01-29
status:	unpublished
citation:
Document Size:	27672

8 STATE OF NEW JERSEY v. R. O.-S. -- rank: 660

... J.S.A. 2C:52-4 and juvenile matters under N.J.S.A. 2C:52- 4.1. Each of these statutes has different requirements for who is ...

docket:	XP-21-0276
court:	NJ Superior Court Appellate Division
decided:	2022-12-12
status:
citation:
Document Size:	26353

9 IN THE MATTER OF THE EXPUNGEMENT APPLICATION OF D.J.B -- rank: 570

... MISUNDERSTANDING OF N.J.S.A. 2C:52-2 AND N.J.S.A. 2C:52-4.1, AND HOW THEY RELATE TO EACH OTHER. THE TRIAL COURT ... Law Division and now on appeal is the import of N.J.S.A. 2C:52-4.1. That statute provides that "[f]or purposes of expungement, any ... 2, the phrase is made applicable to that section through N.J.S.A. 2C:52-4.1. The text of N.J.S.A. 2C:52-4.1 reads, in part, "[f]or purposes of expungement, any act ... as if that act had been committed by an adult." N.J.S.A. 2C:52-4.1(a). It is necessary to examine this part of the ...

docket:	a0658-11
court:	NJ Superior Court Appellate Division
decided:	2012-05-17
status:	unpublished
citation:
Document Size:	15112