{"data":{"id":"us-nj/n.j.-stat.-2c-30-7","jurisdiction":"us-nj","citation":"N.J. Stat. § 2C:30-7","heading":"Crime of pattern of official misconduct","body":"3.  a.  A person commits the crime of pattern of official misconduct if he commits two or more acts that violate the provisions of N.J.S.2C:30-2 or section 2 of P.L.2003, c.31 (C.2C:30-6).  It shall not be a defense that the violations were not part of a common plan or scheme, or did not have similar methods of commission.\nb.\tPattern of official misconduct is a crime of the second degree if one of the acts committed by the defendant is a first or second degree crime; otherwise, it is a crime of the third degree, provided, however, that the presumption of nonimprisonment set forth in subsection e. of N.J.S.2C:44-1 for persons who have not previously been convicted of an offense shall not apply.  Notwithstanding the provisions of N.J.S.2C:1-8 or any other law, a conviction of pattern of official misconduct shall not merge with a conviction of official misconduct, official deprivation of civil rights, or any other criminal offense, nor shall such other conviction merge with a conviction under this section, and the court shall impose separate sentences upon each violation of N.J.S.2C:30-2 and sections 2 and 3 of  P.L.2003, c.31 (C.2C:30-6 and C.2C:30-7).\nL.2003,c.31,s.3.","path":["TITLE 2C THE NEW JERSEY CODE OF CRIMINAL JUSTICE"],"source_url":"https://pub.njleg.state.nj.us/statutes/STATUTES-TEXT.zip","current_through":"P.L.2025, c.405, and J.R.22","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T17:54:13Z","sha256":"eb3028a29770c53cf05fb944e3c832a2f1808942771f87c09a1e0d693f113a42","source_id":"us-nj","stale":true,"prev":"us-nj/n.j.-stat.-2c-30-6.1","next":"us-nj/n.j.-stat.-2c-30-8"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}