Defendants challenging a denial of admission to drug court are not entitled to full evidentiary hearings, a unanimous New Jersey Supreme Court says.
“We hold that a plenary hearing is not necessary, but that, similar to our Pretrial Intervention protocol and our sentencing procedures, an informal hearing is sufficient for the Drug Court to give full and fair consideration to a defendant’s application to the Drug Court program,” Justice John Wallace Jr. wrote in one of his final opinions.
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