Cherry Hill Man Charged with Possession of Child Pornography – April 17, 2018

Submitted by New Jersey Sex Crime Lawyer, Jeffrey Hark Office of the Prosecutor Camden County has posted a new item, ‘Cherry Hill Man Charged with Possession of Child Pornography – April 17, 2018’ Timothy Ronaldson, 35, of Cherry Hill, was charged with Possession of Child Pornography according to Camden County Prosecutor Mary Eva Colalillo and Cherry…

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Are Your Indictments Specific Enough to be Distinguished?

14-2-3514 State v. D.C., N.J. Super. App. Div. (per curiam) (14 pp.) Submitted by New Jersey Sex Crime Lawyer, Jeffrey Hark. Indictments and subsequent verdict sheets have to be specific enough to differentiate the defendant’s conduct as to each separate count.  If the jury cannot differentiate the defendant’s conduct as to the separate counts because…

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Criminal Expert Witnesses, Child Pornography Distribution, and the Doctrine of Merger

Submitted by New Jersey Sex Crime Lawyer, Jeffrey Hark. 14-2-2945 State v. Michael D. Miller, N.J. Super. App. Div. (Carroll, J.A.D.) (21pp) New Jersey’s Appellate Division has recently decided a case in which defendant was charged and convicted of fourth-degree child endangerment by possessing child pornography, N.J.S.A. 2C:24-4b(5)(b) (Count One) and second-degree child endangerment for…

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New Jersey Supreme Court Bars Defendant’s Prior Sexual Assault Acquittal

New Jersey Supreme Court bars introduction of a defendant’s 10 year old prior sexual assault Florida jury trial acquittal in a New Jersey criminal case regarding the same alleged activity. Submitted By New Jersey Sex Crime Lawyer, Jeffrey Hark. In this case the defendant, JM, is charged with sexually assaulting a spa patron during the…

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Megan’s Law Registration Termination

Submitted by New Jersey Sex Crime Lawyer, Jeffrey Hark 14-2-9253 In the Matter of Registrant J.S. , App. Div. (Lihotz,, P.J.A.D. ) (14 pp.) The issue in this case deals with when the 15 year clock starts to run for all the Megan’s Law defendant’s who want to NOW petition the court to get off of…

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Chef’s child-porn case is moving forward

Submitted by New Jersey Sex Crime Lawyer, Jeffrey Hark. The legal case of Center City chef Alex Capasso, arrested in July after federal agents said he had sent sexually explicit photos and video of a young girl, is moving forward. Last week, U.S. District Court in Camden appointed Jeffrey Hark, a lawyer with offices in…

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Sentencing: Guidelines, Merger, Yarbough Factors and Beyond

Submitted by New Jersey Sex Crime Attorney, Jeffrey Hark This blog is the last of three blogs discussing State v. Cawley, a case concerning a gruesome rape of a young woman. In previous blogs we have discussed rights to counsel, hearsay exceptions, and the fresh complaint doctrine. Today we move to sentencing. Sentencing in State…

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Your Two Rights to Counsel and Inevitable Discovery

Submitted by New Jersey Criminal Lawyer, Jeffrey Hark. State v. Cawley, decided April 7th, is an appeal from a judgment of conviction due to evidence the defendant argues should have been suppressed and an excessive sentence. The defendant was convicted of numerous counts of kidnapping and sexual assault arising from an event that occurred between…

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