14-2-3862 State v. Robbins , App. Div. (Stern, P.J.A.D.) (5 pp.) In order to successfully challenge the defendant’s enrollment in the Pretrial Intervention (PTI) Program, the state’s appeal must be filed within 15 days of the order of enrollment to obtain a stay of the order. The rules provide that an order of enrollment into PTI over the prosecutor’s objection is final for purposes of appeal, but must be filed within 15 days to stay defendant’s participation in the program. [Decided May 18, 2009.] [Digested at page 46.]
GOVERNMENT — PUBLIC RECORDS
21-2-3901 Paff v. City of East Orange , App. Div. (Skillman, P.J.A.D.) (11 pp.) The authority that N.J.S.A. 47:1A-5(f)(1) confers on a custodian of government records to adopt a form for requesting access to a government record, which includes “specific directions and procedures for requesting a record,” authorizes a custodian to direct that a request for a government record must be transmitted only by methods specified in the form, which need not include every method of transmission mentioned in N.J.S.A. 47:1A-5(g). [Decided May 21, 2009.] [Digested at page 47.]