NJ · rules
N.J. Ct. R. 3:28-8
Confidentiality of Pretrial Intervention Process and Records
(a) Records and Reports Not Admissible. During the conduct of hearings subsequent to an order returning the defendant to prosecution in the ordinary course, no program records, investigative reports, reports made for a court or prosecuting attorney, or statements made by the defendant to program staff shall be admissible in evidence against such defendant.
(b) Nondisclosure. No statement or other disclosure regarding the charge or charges against the participant made or disclosed by a participant in pretrial intervention to a person designated to provide supervisory treatment shall be disclosed by such person at any time, to the prosecutor, nor shall any such statement or disclosure be admitted as evidence in any civil or criminal proceeding against the participant, provided that the vicinage chief probation officer shall not be prevented from informing the prosecutor, or the court, on request or otherwise, whether the participant is satisfactorily responding to supervisory treatment.
(c) Expungement. No order to expunge or seal records of arrest after dismissal of a complaint, indictment or accusation shall bar the retention of material and information in the Judiciary’s computerized system for the purposes of determining a defendant’s prior applications to, enrollments in, and the degree of completion of a Pretrial Intervention Program or for statistical reports required of the Administrative Director of the Courts, by law or the Supreme Court.
History
Note: Adopted September 15, 2017 to be effective July 1, 2018.
Provenance
- Source
- njcourts.gov
- Retrieved
- 2026-09-14
- Edition
- 2026-09-14
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