State of New Jersey, Plaintiff-Appellant v. Jeffrey Negran, Defendant-Respondent

Summary

The Supreme Court of New Jersey affirmed the Appellate Division, holding that the prosecutor's denial of pre‑trial intervention based solely on the defendant's remote motor‑vehicle violations constituted a patent and gross abuse of discretion. The court explained that such violations are not criminal offenses for PTI purposes and that a pattern of anti‑social behavior must be temporally proximate to the current charge.