Supreme Court of New Jersey· 7/21/1976

State v. Leonardis

Citations

363 A.2d 321
71 N.J. 85
1976 N.J. LEXIS 141

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holding that prosecutors must provide statement of reasons for denying consent to admission to pre-trial interven tion (PTI) program applicants and requiring PTI programs to be implemented according to uniform guidelines
requiring that administrative agency provide statement of reasons explaining its actions to facilitate appellate review and protect against arbitrary action
characterizing the decision to admit or reject an applicant to PTI as “an exercise of quasi-judicial power”
requiring pretrial intervention programs be implemented according to formal, uniform guidelines and instituting procedures for judicial review to “alleviate existing suspicions about the arbitrariness of given decisions”
requiring the implementation of a statewide pretrial intervention program that follows uniform guidelines and introducing procedures for judicial review to “alleviate existing suspicions about the arbitrariness of given decisions”
prosecutorial discretion in dismissing charges against certain defendants and admitting them into Pretrial Intervention Programs must be subject to uniform written guidelines and judicial review of the prosecutor’s written statement of reasons

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