MATTER OF J.A.

A-19 September Term 2023. 088405.

316 A.3d 605 (2024)

258 N.J. 22

In the MATTER OF Registrant J.A.

Supreme Court of New Jersey.

Decided July 1, 2024.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James H. Maynard, Morristown, argued the cause for appellant J.A. (Maynard Law Office, attorneys; James H. Maynard, on the briefs).

John J. Santoliquido, Assistant Prosecutor, argued the cause for respondent State of New Jersey (Raymond S. Santiago, Monmouth County Prosecutor, attorney; John J. Santoliquido, of counsel and on the briefs, and Alecia Woodard, Assistant Prosecutor, on the briefs).

Michael R. Noveck, Deputy Public Defender, argued the cause for amicus curiae Public Defender of New Jersey (Jennifer N. Sellitti, Public Defender, attorney; Michael R. Noveck, of counsel and on the brief).

Laura Cohen argued the cause for amici curiae American Civil Liberties Union of New Jersey and Rutgers Criminal and Youth Justice Clinic (Rutgers Criminal and Youth Justice Clinic, American Civil Liberties Union of New Jersey Foundation, and Lowenstein Sandler, attorneys; Laura Cohen, Alexander Shalom, Newark, Jeanne LoCicero, and Natalie Kraner, on the brief).

Claude Caroline Heffron argued the cause for amicus curiae Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers of New Jersey (Pashman Stein Walder Hayden, attorneys; Claude Caroline Heffron and Joshua P. Law, on the brief).


J.A. was adjudicated delinquent of aggravated sexual assault and endangering the welfare of a child in 1999. The adjudication stemmed from J.A.'s conduct when he was fifteen years old.

In 2000 and 2001, J.A. was adjudicated delinquent, respectively, of receiving stolen property and second-degree robbery. He was sentenced to a custodial...

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