Supreme Court of New Jersey· 4/19/1988

State v. Howard

Citations

539 A.2d 1203
110 N.J. 113
1988 N.J. LEXIS 31

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holding that defendant who pled guilty to charge of second-degree sexual assault without being informed of parole implications of Avenel sentence should be permitted to withdraw his plea
allowing withdrawal where defendant was not informed of parole eligibility implications of sentence to Adult Diagnostic and Treatment Center
requiring that when a sex offender enters a plea of guilty he must be informed that he may have to serve his sentence at Avenel where the \period of parole eligibility [is] radically different from that accorded State Prison inmates\
allowing withdrawal where defendant was not informed of parole eligibility implications of sentence to Adult Diagnostic and Treatment Center
applying a preponderance of the evidence standard to a finding under N.J.S.A. 2C:47- 3(a)
finding of compulsive and repetitive “necessitates the review of psychological and psychiatric reports, which often involve- the interpretation of facts and which are subject to the subtleties and nuances of psychiatric diagnosis” (citation and internal quotations omitted)

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