Flagg v. Essex County Prosecutor

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• holding that “abuse of discretion” “arises when a decision is made without a rational explanation, inexplicably departed from established policies, or rested on an impermissible basis” (citation and internal quotation marks omitted)
• explaining that a decision is an abuse of discretion when it is made \without a rational explanation\
• holding the criminal nature of a container is immediately apparent when \outward appearance of the [container] gave the officer a degree of certainty that was functionally equivalent to the plain view of crack-cocaine itself\
• addressing standard of review to be applied to decisions concerning waiver under N.J.S.A 2C:51-2(e)
• addressing standard of review to be applied to decisions concerning waiver under N.J.S.A. 2C:51-2(e)
• establishing the appropriate standard for determining whether the decision to decline a waiver of forfeiture of public employment pursuant to N.J.S.A. 2C:51-2 based on a conviction for a disorderly persons offense was proper

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).