The state attorney general's office will soon announce that it will not seek to extend a statewide adjournment of marijuana possession cases in municipal court when an order expires on Sept. 4th, according to two people with knowledge of the decision.
Instead, the attorney general's office will issue guidance to New Jersey's local, municipal and county prosecutors informing them that while marijuana possession remains illegal, they may exercise discretion and decide not to prosecute some simple possession cases.
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The decision comes a month after the attorney general sent out a letter on July 24 asking municipal prosecutors to adjourn cases until Sept. 4 or later. Grewal said at that time that his office would issue a directive sometime in August clarifying the appropriate use of prosecutorial discretion in marijuana-related cases in municipal courts.
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