Case Name: STATE OF NEW JERSEY, PLAINTIFF-RESPONDENT, v. PAMELA HAYNES, DEFENDANT-PETITIONER
Court: Supreme Court of New Jersey
Jurisdiction: New Jersey
Decision Date: 2007-07-06
Citations: 192 N.J. 288
Docket Number: 
Parties: STATE OF NEW JERSEY, PLAINTIFF-RESPONDENT, v. PAMELA HAYNES, DEFENDANT-PETITIONER.
Judges: 
Reporter: New Jersey Reports
Volume: 192
Pages: 288–288

Head Matter:
927 A.2d 1287
STATE OF NEW JERSEY, PLAINTIFF-RESPONDENT, v. PAMELA HAYNES, DEFENDANT-PETITIONER.
July 6, 2007.

Opinion:
To the Appellate Division, Superior Court:
A petition for certification of the judgment in A-2033-05 having been submitted to this Court, and the Court having considered the same;
And the record having disclosed that the trial court did not obtain from defendant directly the factual basis for her plea of guilty to a violation of probation, as required by Rule 3:9-2,
And the trial court having failed to afford defendant her right of allocution at sentencing for her violation of probation, as required by Rule 3:21-4(b),
And good cause appearing;
IT IS ORDERED that the petition for certification is granted, and the matter is summarily remanded to the trial court for a proceeding at which defendant either shall provide an adequate factual basis for her plea of guilty pursuant to Rule 3:9-2 or shall withdraw the plea and proceed to trial on the charge of violation of probation; and it is further
ORDERED that if defendant elects to confirm her plea of guilty by providing the court with a satisfactory factual basis for its entry, the trial court shall thereafter resentence defendant, ensuring that she has the opportunity to exercise her right of allocution pursuant to Rule 3:21-4(b).
Jurisdiction is not retained.