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A-2671-21 A-2672-21 Decided June 6, 2022 Submitted by New Jersey Criminal Lawyer, Jeffrey Hark In a recent consolidated unpublished opinion, the Appellate Division of New Jersey reversed a Judge’s decision to extend defendant’s pretrial detention 60 days beyond the…
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…
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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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…