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New Jersey Pre-Trial Intervention (PTI) Applications: Drug Offenses

By Lependorf & Silverstein

A recent New Jersey Appellate Division case addressed the issue of whether a defendant should be allowed to apply for Pre-Trial Intervention (PTI), even if the application is unlikely to be granted due to the prosecutor?s opposition. Defendant Robert Dwayne Green was indicted on three related third-degree CDS offenses, based on his alleged drug sale in New Jersey of $150.00 worth of cocaine to an undercover detective. Defendant attempted to apply to the Monmouth County Vicinage Criminal Division for admission to PTI. Subsequently he received a notice from the Criminal Division manager stating that he would not be permitted to apply for PTI because his case had ?been pre-screened by the Monmouth County Criminal Division? and that without the prosecutor?s written consent, his application would not be reviewed...continue to full post

Full post as published by New Jersey Criminal Defense Blog on May 22, 2009 (boomark / email).