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Assembly committee advances bill creating home-invasion and residential-burglary offenses after testimony
Summary
A state Assembly committee voted to release S3006/3204, which would create distinct home-invasion and residential-burglary crimes, after testimony from an assistant public defender urging change to NEERA provisions and from Edison’s mayor describing rising burglaries and policing costs.
A state Assembly committee on Monday voted to release a senate committee substitute, S3006/3204, that would create the crimes of home invasion and residential burglary and raise penalties for those offenses.
The bill drew extended testimony from Fletcher Duddy, assistant public defender, who urged the committee to remove a provision that would make residential-burglary convictions subject to the No Early Release Act (NEERA), which requires defendants to serve 85% of their…
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