State v. Alamilla Appellate Docket No.: A-5952-17T1 Decided September 23, 2020 Submitted by New Jersey Criminal Lawyer, Jeffrey Hark. In an unpublished opinion, the Appellate Division of New Jersey reviewed a trial court’s denial of a motion to suppress 15 soil bags of marijuana found in the back of a tractor trailer, after the driver blurted…
State v. Alamilla Appellate Docket No.: A-5952-17T1 Decided September 23, 2020 Submitted by New Jersey Criminal Lawyer, Jeffrey Hark. Another key to this decision is the standard of review by the appellate court, which is used in virtually every appellate appeal for trial court decisions. In order to be successful on appeal you must be aware…
State v. Alamilla Appellate Docket No.: A-5952-17T1 Decided September 23, 2020 Submitted by New Jersey Criminal Lawyer, Jeffrey Hark. In an unpublished opinion, the Appellate Division of New Jersey reviewed a trial court’s denial of a motion to suppress 15 soil bags of marijuana found in the back of a tractor trailer, after the driver…
State v. Worsley Appellate Docket No.: A-2958-17T2 Decided September 1, 2020 Submitted by New Jersey Criminal Lawyer, Jeffrey Hark. In a recent unpublished decision, the Appellate Division reviewed whether admission of recordings of police radio transmissions, possibly containing hearsay, used to convict a defendant for eluding. In State v. Worsley, defendant left a Long Branch bar…
August 19, 2020 Submitted by New Jersey Criminal Lawyer, Jeffrey Hark. As of June 15, 2020, New Jersey has updated its expungement law, under the “Clean Slate” provisions. The Clean Slate law provides: Drug-related offenses resulting in a conviction are considered Disorderly Persons offenses for purposes of expungements. Having more than one drug offense is…
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. Pineiro: Submitted by New Jersey Criminal Lawyer, Jeffrey Hark This case arose out of an appeal by the State from the trial court’s grant of defendant’s motion to reopen his detention hearing and the order releasing defendant from detention pending disposition of his charges. On February 9, 2020, Clifton police arrested and charged…
State v. Molchor: Submitted by New Jersey Criminal Lawyer, Jeffrey Hark. Defendants were arrested for aggravated assault and criminal mischief. The facts stipulate that defendants allegedly attacked and injured the host at a party they attended, and afterwards fled the scene in a car before being stopped by police. They were apparently under the influence.…
State v. Torres: Submitted by New Jersey Criminal Lawyer, Jeffrey Hark. After the trial court denied his motion to suppress the seizure of the clothing he was wearing when he was taken into custody, defendant pleaded guilty to first degree murder, N.J.S.A. 2C:11-3(a) (1) (count one); second-degree disturbing human remains, N.J.S.A. 2C:22-1(a)(1) (count four); and…
State v. Laporte Appellate Docket No.: A-4572-17T3 Decided and July 8, 2020 Submitted by New Jersey Criminal Lawyer, Jeffrey Hark. In a recent unpublished 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…