Terms Used In New Jersey Statutes 30:4-80.10

  • Defendant: In a civil suit, the person complained against; in a criminal case, the person accused of the crime.
  • Trial: A hearing that takes place when the defendant pleads "not guilty" and witnesses are required to come to court to give evidence.
3. This act shall not apply to any case in which the defendant was found not guilty of a crime because of insanity or from a determination that the defendant was incompetent to stand trial, except for the purpose of applying to the court pursuant to the NICS Improvement Amendments Act of 2007, Pub. L. 110-180, for relief from a federal firearms disability to possess a firearm imposed under 18 U.S.C. ss. 922(d)(4) and (g)(4).

L.1953, c.268, s.3; amended 1976, c.108, s.3; 2009, c.183, s.3.