NJ A3916

Creates a rebuttable presumption of pretrial detention for defendants charged with motor vehicle theft when the theft involved conduct that caused death, serious bodily injury, or created a substantial risk of death or serious bodily injury to another person

Adds motor vehicle theft under aggravating circumstances to the list of crimes for which prosecutors can file motions seeking pretrial detention, alongside murder and crimes carrying life imprisonment

Requires prosecutors to establish probable cause that the defendant committed the qualifying motor vehicle theft before the detention presumption applies

Allows defendants to rebut the detention presumption by presenting a preponderance of evidence that monetary bail, non-monetary conditions, or a combination would reasonably assure public safety

Defines "serious bodily injury" as injury creating substantial risk of death, causing serious permanent disfigurement, or resulting in protracted loss or impairment of bodily function