Archive for August 2015
A Chance at a Second Chance: DNA Testing May Expand
Written by New Jersey Criminal Lawyer, Jeffrey Hark. A new bill passed in the N.J. legislature concerning DNA and criminal defendants. In the past, a defendant had to be incarcerated in order to request possible innocence-proving DNA testing, but now that could change if Governor Chris Christie approves the bill. If the bill became law…
Read MoreNo More Than One Extended Term in Multiple Count Sentencing
Submitted by New Jersey Drug Crime Attorney, Jeffrey Hark. N.J.S.A. 2C:44-3 outlines the criteria for an extended term of imprisonment at sentencing. These include: defendant convicted of first, second, or third degree crime + persistent offender + professional criminal (i.e. a [person working with 2+ people in an ongoing criminal enterprise) defendant committed the crime…
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