State Of New Jersey In The Interest Of A.C., A-5308-10T4; Appellate Division; opinion by Reisner, J.A.D.; decided and approved for publication February 15, 2012. Before Judges Payne, Reisner and Hayden. On appeal from the Chancery Division, Family Part, Monmouth County. D.D.S. No. 14-2-5241 [5 pp.]
By leave granted, A.C., a juvenile, appeals from the decision of the Family Part denying his application for a jury trial on charges that, if he were adjudicated as an adult, would constitute first-degree aggravated sexual assault, and second-degree sexual assault. He contends that N.J.S.A. 2A:4A-40 is unconstitutional in denying juvenile offenders the right to a jury trial.
