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  • In the Matter of the Expungement of the Arrest/Charge Records of T.B.

    Publication Date: 2019-01-08
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: New Jersey Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Rabner
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    Case Number: (A-18/19/20-17) (079813)

    Applicants appealed from the orders of the appellate division, vacating the trial court's orders expunging applicants' arrest/charge records.

  • In the Matter of the Civil Commitment of R.G.

    Publication Date: 2019-01-07
    Practice Area: Civil Procedure | Criminal Law | Evidence
    Industry:
    Court: Appellate Division
    Judge: Per Curiam
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    Case Number: A-1888-16T5

    R.G. appealed from the trial court's order following a review hearing that continued his commitment to the Special Treatment Unit pursuant to the Sexually Violent Predator Act. R.G. made numerous arguments which the court found had no merit and affirmed.

  • State v. Brown

    Publication Date: 2019-01-07
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Appellate Division
    Judge: Judge Sabatino
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Daniel S. Rockoff, Assistant Deputy Public Defender (Joseph E. Krakora, Public Defender, attorney; Daniel S. Rockoff, of counsel and on the brief)
    for defendant: Lila B. Leonard, Deputy Attorney General (Gurbir S. Grewal, Attorney General, attorney; Lila B. Leonard, of counsel and on the briefs)
    Case Number: A-2838-16T1

    Trial Court Could Exercise Discretion to Deny Jury's Request for Playback or Readback of Closing Arguments

  • State of New Jersey v. Andre Nance

    Publication Date: 2019-01-04
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Appellate Division
    Judge: Per Curiam
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    Case Number: A-3601-16T4

    The defendant appealed from the denial of his petition for post-conviction relief.

  • State of New Jersey v. Lemar S. Lester

    Publication Date: 2019-01-03
    Practice Area: Criminal Law | Judges
    Industry:
    Court: Appellate Division
    Judge: Per Curiam
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
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    Case Number: A-2365-17T1

    The state appealed from the judgment of conviction and argued that the sentencing judge mistakenly exercised her discretion by downgrading the defendant's offenses, and sentencing the defendant as a second-degree rather than a first-degree offender.

  • State v. Nurse

    Publication Date: 2019-01-02
    Practice Area: Criminal Law | Evidence
    Industry:
    Court: Appellate Division
    Judge: Per Curiam
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
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    Case Number: A-3528-16T3

    Defendant appealed his conviction for robbery, burglary, weapons possession and other charges.

  • State v. Travers

    Publication Date: 2019-01-02
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Appellate Division
    Judge: Per Curiam
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
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    Case Number: A-3277-16T3

    Defendant appealed from his conviction for first-degree attempted murder of his wife, possession of a firearm for an unlawful purpose, terroristic threats, and aggravated assault.

  • State of New Jersey v. Rashaun A. Fentress

    Publication Date: 2018-12-27
    Practice Area: Civil Rights | Criminal Law | Evidence
    Industry:
    Court: Appellate Division
    Judge: Per Curiam
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
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    Case Number: A-1720-16T1

    Defendant appealed his judgments of conviction and claimed that he did not knowingly waive his right to counsel and was deprived of his right to represent himself, that the court made an erroneous evidentiary ruling, and that his standby counsel provided ineffective assistance, all of which deprived him of a fair trial.

  • State v. Brown

    Publication Date: 2018-12-27
    Practice Area: Criminal Law | Evidence
    Industry:
    Court: Appellate Division
    Judge: Judge Sabatino
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
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    Case Number: A-2838-16T1

    Defendant appealed from his conviction for various drug offenses.

  • State v. Larkins

    Publication Date: 2018-12-26
    Practice Area: Criminal Law | Evidence
    Industry:
    Court: Appellate Division
    Judge: Per Curiam
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
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    Case Number: A-1737-17T1

    Defendant appealed the denial of his motion to suppress the handgun seized from a closet in his girlfriend's apartment after he was arrested in the apartment for a parole violation.