5th Amendment and Computer Passwords and Child Pornography

STATE OF NEW JERSEY v. ROBERT G. WHITE,  (June 5, 2019) New Jersey Appellate Division (Not Approved for Publication) Submitted by New Jersey Sex Crime Lawyer, Jeffrey Hark. Issue:  Defendant further argues that the trial court’s order compelling him to produce the passcodes or otherwise decrypt the external hard drives violates his right against self-incrimination under…

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Sending Lewd Nudes to Strangers Could Mean a Year in Jail

Submitted by New Jersey Sex Crime Lawyer, Jeffrey Hark. Rebecca Odorisio was traveling home on a crowded A train on Tuesday when a photo suddenly appeared on her phone from someone identifying himself as “The Enterprise.” It was a picture of an erect penis, sent to her over AirDrop, an iPhone feature that allows users…

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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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