Supreme Court of New Jersey

State of New Jersey, Plaintiff-Appellant v. Bruce Wallace, Defendant-Respondent

November 13, 1996146 N.J. 576

Summary

The Supreme Court of New Jersey held that the assistant prosecutor's denial of pre‑trial intervention was not a patent and gross abuse of discretion and that the proper standard of review for such decisions is deferential, not de novo. Accordingly, the Court reversed the Appellate Division's reversal and remand.