STATE OF NEW JERSEY, Plaintiff-Respondent, v. GREGORY T. ISAZA, Defendant Decided January 25, 2019 SUPERIOR COURT OF NEW JERSEY APPELLATE DIVISION Submitted by New Jersey Criminal Lawyer, Jeffrey Hark Issue: The court increase the defendant probation after the defendant was already sentenced and required defendant make restitution without a hearing to determine of the defendant has the ability to pay or to determine…
Submitted by New Jersey Criminal Lawyer, Jeffrey Hark Coming Soon to a Police Station Near You: The DNA ‘Magic Box’ With Rapid DNA machines, genetic fingerprinting could become as routine as the old-fashioned kind. But forensic experts see a potential for misuse. BENSALEM, Pa. — They call it the “magic box.” Its trick is…
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14-2-7924 State of New Jersey v. Anthony D. Parker, N.J. Super. App. Div. Submitted by New Jersey Criminal Lawyer, Jeffrey Hark When a cooperative driver provides vehicle credentials are the police still allowed to search the vehicle for proof of ownership based on a “Credential Search” recognized under the New Jersey warrantless search exception when a driver…
14-2-7924 State of New Jersey v. Anthony D. Parker, N.J. Super. App. Div. Submitted by New Jersey Criminal Lawyer, Jeffrey Hark Facts: The judge conducted suppression hearings on July 26, 2016 and September 30, 2016. The following facts were adduced at the suppression hearings. At 10:00 p.m. on March 16, 2014, Berlin Township police officer Kenneth Barbagli,…
Issue: The ability of the police dog to testify, and what the state need to do to insure that the police dog’s actions can be testified to by his handler. Submitted by New Jersey Criminal Lawyer, Jeffrey Hark Facts: At the suppression hearing, the arresting officer testified he stopped defendant in August 2016 because…
Submitted by New Jersey Criminal Lawyer, Jeffrey Hark LOGAN TWP., N.J. (WPVI) — Multiple police agencies and the FBI are responding to an active shooter situation at a UPS facility in Gloucester County, New Jersey. The incident was reported around 9 a.m. Monday on Birchcreek Road in Logan Township. This map shows the location of…
Submitted by New Jersey Criminal Lawyer, Jeffrey Hark On January 8, 2019 New Jersey Supreme Court takes an additional steps towards reforming the criminal justice system with this decision addressing New Jersey’s 2016 revisions to their expungement statute and applications for expungements for defendants who have successfully completed drug court. Relying on the 2016 revisions…
State v. Nurse , N.J. Super. App. Div. January 3, 2019 The police love the Video Surveillance from cameras near by used as evidence, and social media friendship, text evidence and photos from texts used as evidence. Does New Jersey’s Henderson identification procedure apply to a case with video surveillance? Submitted by New Jersey Criminal Lawyer,…
STATE OF NEW JERSEY v. LEE M. TRAVERS, Decided January 2, 2019 New Jersey Appellate Divsion Issue in this case to be addressed: Plain view of a gun found in a car—— What is “plain view”? FACTS: The facts here are key— because the police were called to the Toms River Ocean County scene and were told about 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…