Requires Pretrial Services to recommend pretrial detention of defendants charged with certain firearms offenses.
Not law yet. Pending legislation.
Sen. Shirley K. Turner
Bill summary
Official digest is not on this card.
Now vs if chaptered
NOW: introduced; referred to Senate Law and Public Safety; current Pretrial Services no-release list still has Graves Act carve-outs and does not include 2C:39-9 k–n. IF CHAPTERED: those carve-outs drop and ghost-gun 2C:39-9 k–n would trigger a mandatory no-release recommendation as prima facie to detain.
Defender utility
NJ PDs on Graves Act and 2C:39-9 ghost-gun complaint-warrant calendars — pending CJRA overlay, not present detention law. If it moves, the fight is whether Pretrial Services' no-release recommendation plus probable cause overcomes the presumption of release; it is not a new 2C:39 element. CA PDs: not a California charge; portable only as a PMF/detention analogue.
Who this is for. NJ PDs on Graves Act / 2C:39-9 ghost-gun detention calendars — pending no-release expansion, not present law; not a California charge.
Penalties (if chaptered)
No new criminal degree. Changes the 2A:162-20 Pretrial Services recommendation and the 2A:162-19 prima facie path to detention on listed firearm/ghost-gun charges. Not in force.
Bank hints
- PMF
- ghost-gun
- Graves-Act