State of New Jersey, Plaintiff-Appellant v. Lawrence Dalglish, Defendant-Respondent

Summary

The Supreme Court of New Jersey held that the heightened "patent and gross abuse of discretion" standard from Leonardis II governs judicial review of a prosecutor's refusal to consent to a defendant's enrollment in a statutory pre‑trial intervention (PTI) program. Accordingly, the trial court's order admitting the defendant to PTI without a finding of patent and gross abuse was reversed and the case remanded for further proceedings consistent with that standard.