Record of Conviction for N.J.S.A. 2C:35-5 Is Eligible for Expungement.

Under new law, possession with intent to distribute is now expugnable after five years from the last day of probation or parole, if the petitioner can demonstrate to the court that it would be in the public interest, giving due consideration to the nature of the offense, and the applicant’s character and conduct since the conviction.

Further, a possession with intent to distribute can be expunged pursuant to N.J.S.A. 2C:52-2c(3), after five years, if the conviction was of a fourth or three degree offense.

However, this change in the law does not change the prior law which prohibits, and bars, an Expungement for anyone who has two separate convictions, including a disorderly person’s offense. 

Many people who qualify for this Expungement are unaware of this opportunity to expunge their criminal record, and get a fresh start.

For more information regarding your rights to expunge a criminal record you are invited to call the Law Office of Vincent J. Sanzone, Jr., Esq.

The following information blog is for information purposes only and does not constitute legal advise for anyone particular individual since a various factors will determine whether anyone applicant/petitioner will qualify for the Expungement of a criminal conviction.

Law Office of Vincent J. Sanzone, Jr.

Elizabeth, N.J.

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Elizabeth, New Jersey

November 30, 2011

City of Elizabeth Hit with 1.5 Million Dollar Verdict in Civil Rights Suit in Federal Court, Police Department Needs to Reform Internal Affairs Unit.

A federal jury held that Elizabeth Police Officer David Conrad acted wantonly and/or maliciously when he assaulted and pistol whipped an arrestee, Therman Brown.  

Two other police officer Athanasios Mikros and Vincent Flatley were also named in the lawsuit.  In the 42 U.S.C. § 1983 civil rights law suit all three police officers were alleged to have filed false police reports. 

Similar to the majority of New Jersey Police Departments the internal affairs investigation regarding the Brown assault was whitewashed by the Elizabeth Internal Affairs Unit, and ruled by the internal affairs unit that it “didn’t happen.”  One of the reasons that errant police officer are allowed with impunity in the Elizabeth Police Department is the lack of a genuine internal affairs investigations that will honestly investigate citizens complaints.  Until this happens police officers like Conrad will continue to abuse the civil rights of citizens that they are sworn to protect.

Law Office of Vincent J. Sanzone, Jr.

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Elizabeth, N.J.

(908) 354-7006

Dated: November 22, 2011

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