Posts Tagged ‘manslaughter’
Weiner 1961 discussion: Can Manslaughter be considered a moral turpitude if…
Weiner 1961 discussion: Can Manslaughter considered a moral turpitude violation when it involves ‘the absence of intent’ and is defined as criminal negligence… or rather ‘knew or should have known’ awareness of a risk of injury or death…… Submitted by New Jersey Criminal Lawyer, Jeffrey Hark. What is “moral turpitude”? It has been defined as…
Read MoreCrime and Defense: Clarifying the True Meanings of Aggravated Manslaughter and Self-Defense
Submitted by New Jersey Criminal Lawyer, Jeffrey Hark. State v. Urbina, decided June 16 by the New Jersey Supreme Court is a case that brings up a lot of issues that may be of importance to our readers and will be written about over the course of two blogs. Today’s blog concerns a crime and…
Read MoreEvidence: Probative Value v. Prejudicial Effect on the Scale of Justice
Submitted by Criminal Defense Attorney, Jeffrey Hark. State v. Fereirra decided on May, 7 2014 was an appeal to the N.J. Superior Court, Appellate Division, that considered the balance between the probative value of evidence submitted and the prejudicial effect it has on the jury. By prejudicial effect what is meant is that some evidence…
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