Pretrial Intervention Program – Judicial Review of PTI Decisions

November 4, 2014 |

Submitted by New Jersey Criminal Lawyer, Jeffrey Hark STATE VS. JUSTIN LEE  (APP. DIV 2014) This case addresses the standard of review for a trial court when reviewing a prosecutor’s denial of PTI (Pretrial Intervention).  The issue in this case are facts submitted to the trial court and a plenary hearing from witnesses regarding the…

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State v. Leone | Second Degree Theft by Deception and Pretrial Intervention

April 11, 2014 |

Submitted by New Jersey Criminal Lawyer, Jeffery Hark -2-3382 State v. Leone, App. Div. (per curiam) (13 pp.) Reversal of Pretrial Intervention On the State’s appeal, the appellate panel reverses the Law Division’s order admitting defendant Philip Leone to pretrial intervention (PTI) over the State’s objection. In 2004, Leone approached a longtime friend to solicit…

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Grant of PTI to Embezzling Lawyer To Help Pay Back Victims Reversed

April 3, 2014 |

A trial court’s grant of pretrial intervention to a N.J. lawyer who admitted misappropriating $100,000 from investors—explicitly so that he could keep working to pay them back—didn’t stand up on appeal. The judge’s decision that letting Middletown solo Philip Leone stay out of jail would be in the best interests of his creditors was predicated…

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