Archive for January 2011

Please take notice that as of August 1, 2011, the law regarding driving with a suspended license, N.J.S.A. 2C:40-26, has changed. It will now be a crime of the 4th degree if a person drives with a suspended license if the license was suspended for either a first or second violation of Driving While Intoxicated.…

In State v. Murphy, 412 N.J. Super. 553 ( App. Div. 2010), the defendant had been charged and convicted of possession of CDS. The defendant appealed alleging that the prosecutor has made improper remarks during her closing statement and that the trial court had erred when it permitted the prosecution to impeach the credibility of…

The U.S. Supreme Court is wrestling with a case that could give police greater power to forcibly enter a home without a warrant. The Constitution bars warrantless searches except in certain circumstances — for example, an emergency search to prevent the destruction of evidence. But on Wednesday, the question before the court was whether police,…