Posts Tagged ‘CJRA’
Prosecutor’s Inexcusable Delay in Turning Over Discovery Leads to Judge’s Decision Reversal
State v. Danron Morrisey State v. Marcus Morrisey State v. Louis Sloan Appellate Docket No.: A-2659-21 A-2671-21 A-2672-21 Decided June 6, 2022 Submitted by New Jersey Criminal Lawyer, Jeffrey Hark In a recent consolidated unpublished opinion, the Appellate Division of New Jersey reversed a Judge’s decision to extend defendant’s pretrial detention 60 days beyond the…
Read MoreContempt Charges for a Violation of Pre-Trial Release Under the Criminal Justice Reform Act
State v. McCray: Submitted by New Jersey Criminal Lawyer, Jeffrey Hark In consolidated cases, defendants appealed from the judgments of the appellate division reversing the orders of the trial court in defendants’ cases. In April 2017, defendant McCray was arrested and charged with second-degree robbery. A week later, the trial court released McCray subject to…
Read MoreViolating the Right to Speedy Trial Releases Defendants Convicted of Violent Offenses
State v. Williams Appellate Docket No.: A-2850-19T6 Decided and July 7, 2020 Submitted by New Jersey Criminal Lawyer, Jeffrey Hark. In a recent published decision, the Appellate Division reviewed whether the State’s unreasonable delay in discovery was enough to release defendants convicted of violent offenses on the grounds that their speedy trial detention deadlines were…
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