Judgment Of Conviction Entered After a Jury Convicted Him of Ten Counts Arising from His Sexual Assaults of His Two Step Granddaughters

State of New Jersey v. O.A.C. Docket No. A-3031-19 Decided September 28, 2022 Submitted by New Jersey Sex Crime Lawyer, Jeffrey Hark In a recent unpublished opinion, the Appellate Court of New Jersey decided defendant’s appeal from a judgment of conviction entered after a jury convicted him of ten counts arising from his sexual assaults of…

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Drug Dealer Guilty of First-Degree Strict Liability for Drug Induced Death

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 In a recent unpublished decision, the Appellate Division reviewed whether the State’s unreasonable delay in discovery was enough to release defendants convicted of violent offenses on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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Violating the Right to Speedy Trial Releases Defendants Convicted of Violent Offenses

State v. Williams Appellate Docket No.: A-2850-19T6 Decided and July 7, 2020 Submitted by New Jersey Criminal Lawyer, Jeffrey Hark. In a recent published 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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NJ Supreme Court Decision State v. Greene

State v. Greene Appellate Docket No.: A-96-18 Decided and June 23, 2020 Submitted by New Jersey Criminal Lawyer, Jeffrey Hark. In a recent decision by the Supreme Court of New Jersey, the Court reviewed whether a prosecutor who details evidence of a key witness to the jury, then the witness refuses to testify, prejudices the…

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Bite Mark Evidence Admissibility and Post-Conviction Relief | State v. Fortin

State v. Fortin Appellate Docket No.: A-5929-17T2 Decided and approved for publication June 22, 2020 Submitted by New Jersey Criminal Lawyer, Jeffrey Hark In a published opinion, the Appellate Division of New Jersey reviewed a motion for post-conviction relief based on newly found evidence regarding the reliability of bitemark evidence following a sentence of life…

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A Crime Abroad—State Territorial Jurisdiction

Submitted by New Jersey Criminal Lawyer, Jeffrey Hark The Role and Importance of Jurisdiction State v. Sumulikoski, decided by the Supreme Court of New Jersey on March 18th is a criminal case that hinged on jurisdiction. Jurisdiction is essential to rule of law and due process both at the federal and state level. After all…

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Seven Charged in Sayreville Hazing Case Could Be Tried as Adults

Submitted by New Jersey Sex Crime Lawyer, Jeffrey Hark The acts of violent sexual hazing that seven New Jersey high school football players are accused of committing have been called “horrendous” by school officials and “extraordinarily disturbing” by Gov. Chris Christie. Now, as the players from Sayreville War Memorial High School await their first court…

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High School Football Players Charged in N.J. Hazing Case

Originally published here by the New York Times. Submitted by New Jersey Criminal Lawyer, Jeffrey Hark. Sayreville War Memorial High School in New Jersey. Credit Mel Evans/Associated Press Seven New Jersey teenagers were charged on Friday in connection with a series of sexual assaults in a hazing scandal that prompted a high school to cancel…

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