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  • State v. Kiriakakis

    Publication Date: 2018-11-19
    Practice Area: Criminal Appeals | Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: New Jersey Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Albin
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Paul F. Darakjian (Lucianna & Lucianna, attorneys; Paul F. Darakjian, and Frank P. Lucianna, of counsel and on the briefs)
    for defendant: Elizabeth R. Rebein, Assistant Bergen County Prosecutor (Dennis Calo, Acting Bergen County Prosecutor, attorney; Elizabeth R. Rebein, of counsel and on the briefs)
    Case Number: A-51-17 (080100)

    Alleyne Did Not Preclude Trial Court From Using Aggravating/Mitigating Factors to Impose Discretionary Parole Ineligbility

  • State v. Johnson

    Publication Date: 2018-11-19
    Practice Area: Criminal Law | Evidence
    Industry: State and Local Government
    Court: Superior Court Law Division, Law Division
    Judge: Judge Smith
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Michael Mellon, Assistant Prosecutor (Sean F. Dalton, Gloucester County Prosecutor, attorney)
    for defendant: Edward J. Crisonino; Steven M. Zorowitz, Designated Counsel (Joseph E. Krakora, Public Defender, attorney); Richard F. O'Brien, III, Assistant Deputy Public Defender (Joseph E. Krakora, Public Defender, attorney)
    Case Number: 17-04-00232

    Motion for Excludable Time Granted Where Multi-Jurisdictional Investigation and DNA/Forensic Analysis Required Complex Case Designation.

  • State v. Carroll

    Publication Date: 2018-11-19
    Practice Area: Civil Rights | Criminal Law
    Industry: State and Local Government
    Court: Appellate Division
    Judge: Judge Ostrer
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Joseph E. Krakora, Public Defender (M. Edward Rivas, Assistant Deputy Public Defender, of counsel and on the brief)
    for defendant: Mary Eva Colalillo, Camden County Prosecutor (Kevin J. Hein, Assistant Prosecutor, of counsel and on the brief)
    Case Number: A-0152-18T6

    Detainer Reversed Where Social Media Posts Were Not Lewd or Obscene and May Have Been Constitutionally-Protected Speech

  • State v. Andrews

    Publication Date: 2018-11-15
    Practice Area: Civil Rights | Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Appellate Division
    Judge: Judge Yannotti
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:
    Case Number: A-0291-17T4

    Defendant appealed from the order requiring him to disclose the personal identification numbers and passcodes of his lawfully-seized cell phones.

  • State v. Harris

    Publication Date: 2018-11-15
    Practice Area: Criminal Law | Evidence
    Industry:
    Court: Appellate Division
    Judge: Judge Koblitz
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
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    Case Number: A-3694-15T4

    Defendant appealed from his conviction for first-degree murder and related offenses and sentence of an aggregate term of 75 years subject to NERA.

  • U. S. v. Toye Tutis

    Publication Date: 2018-11-14
    Practice Area: Criminal Law | Evidence
    Industry:
    Court: U.S. District Court for New Jersey
    Judge: District Judge Simandle
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:
    Case Number: 14-699-1 (JBS)

    After a jury had been selected and the trial was about to begin, following extensive plea negotiations, the defendant entered a plea of guilty to two counts of the second superseding indictment.

  • State v. Bass

    Publication Date: 2018-11-14
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Appellate Division
    Judge: Judge Mawla
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
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    Case Number: A-0407-17T4

    Defendant appealed from the denial of his fourth petition for post-conviction relief.

  • State v. Cassidy

    Publication Date: 2018-11-13
    Practice Area: Criminal Law | Evidence
    Industry:
    Court: New Jersey Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Timpone
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:
    Case Number: (A-58-16) (078390)

    Defendant moved to withdraw her guilty plea to DUI.

  • United States of America v. Miguel Figueroa

    Publication Date: 2018-11-12
    Practice Area: Civil Procedure | Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: U.S. District Court for New Jersey
    Judge: District Judge McNulty
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:
    Case Number: 15-98 (KM)

    The matter came before the court on the motion of the defendant for an extension of the one-year deadline to file his motion to vacate, set aside, or correct his sentence under 28 U.S.C. § 2255.

  • State v. Vasco

    Publication Date: 2018-11-12
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry: State and Local Government
    Court: New Jersey Supreme Court
    Judge: Per Curiam
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Alyssa Aiello, Assistant Deputy Public Defender (Joseph E. Krakora, Public Defender, attorney; Alyssa Aiello, of counsel and on the briefs)
    for defendant: Michele C. Buckley, Special Deputy Attorney General/Acting Assistant Prosecutor (Michael A. Monahan, Acting Union County Prosecutor, attorney; Michele C. Buckley, of counsel and on the briefs)
    Case Number: A-54-17 (080426)

    Trial Court Erred in Accepting Guilty Plea Without Defendant's Independent Acknowledgement of Factual Bases for Elements of Offense