Category: Indictable Offenses

What is an Indictable Offense? An indictable offense is New Jersey’s version of a felony. They are broken down into four different degrees: first, second, third and fourth. As you will see below, the degree of the felony will dictate the potential punishment someone faces if convicted. As one would imagine, regardless of the facts […]

In New Jersey, we do not classify criminal offenses as either a felonies or a misdemeanors like most other states. Under our criminal justice system, we breakdown crimes into either indictable offenses or disorderly persons offenses / petty disorderly persons offenses. In essence, we treat indictable offenses as “felonies” and disorderly / petty disorderly persons offenses are “misdemeanors”. Are […]