State of New Jersey v. Dale Edwards Docket No. A-3184-22 Decided November 12, 2024 Submitted by New Jersey Drug Crime Lawyer, Jeffrey Hark. In a recent unpublished opinion, the Appellate Court of New Jersey decided defendant’s appeal from a trial court order denying his motion to suppress his statements and derivative evidence obtained during a motor…
State of New Jersey v. Justin Morgan Docket No. A-0499-23 Decided July 23, 2024 Submitted by New Jersey Drug Crime Lawyer, Jeffrey Hark. In a recent published opinion, the Appellate Court of New Jersey decided defendant’s appeal from the trial court’s September 1, 2023, order denying his motion to compel discovery of records relating to narcotics…
State of New Jersey v. Kevin Waters Docket No. A-1679-21 Decided February 27, 2023 Submitted by New Jersey Drug Crime Lawyer, Jeffrey Hark. In a recent unpublished opinion, the Appellate Court of New Jersey decided defendant’s appeal from a trial court order affirming the denial of his application for admission into a pre-trial intervention (PTI) program.…
State v. Michael Olenowski Appellate Docket No.: A-56-18 Decided February 17, 2023 Submitted by New Jersey Drug Crime Lawyer, Jeffrey Hark. In a recent opinion, the Supreme Court of New Jersey reviewed the special master’s report on Drug Recognition Experts (DRE) used in criminal cases and in doing so, adopted a new standard of admissibility of…
State v. Raymond Ingram Appellate Docket No.: A-1500-20 Decided February 13, 2023 Submitted by New Jersey Drug Crime Lawyer, Jeffrey Hark. In a recent published opinion, the Appellate Division of New Jersey reversed a denial of a motion to suppress after finding that officers were not lawfully in the defendant’s driveway and could not view the…
State of New Jersey v. Tahir Gregory Docket No. A-0460-20 Decided November 29, 2022 Submitted by New Jersey Drug Crime Lawyer, Jeffrey Hark. In a recent unpublished opinion, the Appellate Court of New Jersey decided defendant’s appeal of his conviction and sentence for possession of fentanyl and weapons. Defendant was indicted by a grand jury with…
State v. Lamont Taylor Appellate Docket No.: A-0583-19 Decided October 11, 2022 Submitted by New Jersey Drug Crime Lawyer, Jeffrey Hark. In a recent unpublished decision, the Appellate Division of New Jersey affirmed two motions to suppress involving a search of defendant’s person resulting in the recovery of heroin folds. In State v. Taylor, On June…
State of New Jersey v. M.A., Jr. Docket No. A-0304-19 Decided October 4, 2022 Submitted by New Jersey Drug Crime Lawyer, Jeffrey Hark. In a recent unpublished opinion, the Appellate Court of New Jersey decided the defendant’s appeal of the trial court’s orders denying his motion to suppress, and barring use of the defense of necessity…
State v. Edward Bejarno Docket No. A-2163-20 Decided September 23, 2022 Submitted by New Jersey Drug Crime Lawyer, Jeffrey Hark. In a recent unpublished opinion, the Appellate Court of New Jersey decided Defendant’s motion to suppress evidence following a motor vehicle stop, after he appealed the trial court’s denial of his motion. The facts of the…
State of New Jersey v. Terrell Tucker DOCKET NO. A-0937-21 Decided August 3, 2022 Submitted by New Jersey Drug Crime Lawyer, Jeffrey Hark. In a recent published decision the Appellate Division of New Jersey reversed the judge’s decision denying defendant’s motion to dismiss the indictment following officer’s testimony of defendant’s state of mind in the…
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New Jersey Survivors Justice Act: Sentencing Reform for Abuse Victims
Submitted by New Jersey Criminal Lawyer, Jeffrey Hark In January 2026, New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy signed into law a pair of bills known as the Survivors Justice Act (S-4870/A-5968 and S-4871/A-5969). This landmark legislation, championed by Senator Angela V. McKnight, Senator M. Teresa Ruiz, and other lawmakers, amends the state’s criminal code to allow courts…