October 24, 2018 NJ Appellate Division ruling on Fresh Complaint Evidence

October 27, 2018

State v. H.H.  New Jersey Appellate Division Decision October 24, 2018. A-4208-16T4 Submitted by New Jersey Criminal Lawyer, Jeffrey Hark. In  this case the defendant was condition of endangering the Welfare of a Minor.  The factual evidence in this case came from the victim’s testimony at the time of trial.  The defendant objected to the information being introduced a ‘fresh complaint’…

They Told Someone—Hearsay Exceptions and Fresh Complaint Doctrine

April 16, 2015

Submitted by New Jersey Sex Crime Lawyer, Jeffrey Hark This blog is a continuation of the discussion of State v. Cawley, a case concerning a gruesome rape of a young woman. In the last blog we discussed briefly the nuances between your 5th and 6th Amendment rights to counsel, and touched on the inevitable discovery…

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