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In the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic, New Jerseyans have heard almost daily references to Executive Orders, and people being arrested and charged for violating those Orders. Those violators, or “knuckleheads” as they have been commonly referred to, are at times becoming the scorn of the public, and at other […]

The court determined that the RRAS is an appropriate tool to help assess the risk of re-offense for sex offenders who are convicted of one offense for possession or distribution of child pornography. In In the Matter of Registrant J.G., a published Appellate Division decision from April 13, 2020, the […]

In a March 20, 2019 decision by the New Jersey Appellate Division, State v. Outland, A-1307-16T3, the court held that once a defendant introduces into evidence a 9-1-1 recording of his call to police, the State is permitted, on rebuttal, to introduce defendant’s sanitized criminal history for impeachment purposes.  The […]

On March 11, 2019, in State v. Vincenty, No. A-40-17(079978)(2019), the New Jersey Supreme Court ruled that law enforcement violated the defendant’s right against self-incrimination when they failed to inform him of the charges filed against him prior to asking him to waive his right against self-incrimination.  The Court determined […]