Bill > S2949

Introduced Session

This bill would permit a person who was adjudged a juvenile delinquent to expunge a juvenile record for an act which if committed by an adult would have constituted the crime of robbery (either under N.J.S.2C:15-1 or the robbery statute pre-dating the 1978 adoption of the "New Jersey Code of Criminal Justice" (Title 2C)), so long as the juvenile act did not involve the infliction of bodily injury or use of force upon another, or was not committed while using or armed with a firearm or other deadly weapon. Generally, for purposes of expungement, an act is classified as if it had been committed by an adult, and an act of robbery committed by an adult is ineligible for expungement; thus, under current law a juvenile act constituting robbery is ineligible for expungement. The bill would establish an exception with respect to the classification of a juvenile act constituting robbery that did not involve the infliction of bodily injury or use of force, or was not committed while using or armed with a firearm or other deadly weapon, so that a juvenile adjudication for such an act could be expunged.

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Troy Singleton (D)*, 

Introduced in the Senate, Referred to Senate Judiciary Committee (on 09/17/2018)