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Accidents happen. New Jersey defines a motor vehicle as “…all vehicles propelled otherwise than by muscular power…” and this includes trucks, boats, motorcycles, jet skis and other forms of transportation. Sometimes, motor vehicle accidents result in criminal charges. Other times, no criminal charges are filed even when the accident results […]

So, I came home the other night from work, and my wife mentioned that a friend of ours had the ingenuous idea of a few grown adults going onto a rowboat in the middle of the lake in town, and lighting fireworks off on 4th of July weekend.  For so […]

As spring approaches, the coronavirus pandemic seems to be receding in the rearview mirror. After lockdowns and uncertainty, mask mandates and stimulus payments, vaccine development and rollout, the 2021 winter surge, the Delta variant, and Omicron, states and cities are beginning to ease restrictions and mask mandates. Thankfully, hospitalizations and […]

In 2014, the New Jersey Supreme Court decided State v. David Gibson, a criminal matter that raised questions about the seizure of drugs following an arrest for “defiant trespass.” While many criminal matters revolve around the legality of a search and seizure, the Gibson case focused on the arrest for […]