• State v. Steltz

    Publication Date: 2017-11-06
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Appellate Division
    Judge: Per Curiam
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: A-3658-15T2

    Defendant appealed from the order denying his petition for post-conviction relief but amending his judgment of conviction to reflect jail credits included in the negotiation of his plea agreement.

  • In the Matter of the Civil Commitment of J.Z.

    Publication Date: 2017-11-06
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Appellate Division
    Judge: Per Curiam
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: A-4231-14T2

    J.Z. appealed from the trial court's order denying his motion to dismiss the order continuing his civil commitment pursuant to the Sexually Violent Predator Act. J.Z. had been committed pursuant to the SVPA since October 2003.

  • State v. Gaur

    Publication Date: 2017-11-06
    Practice Area: Criminal Law | Evidence
    Industry:
    Court: Appellate Division
    Judge: Per Curiam
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: A-0245-14T4

    In these consolidated appeals, appellant challenged his convictions for attempted sexual assault and various other charges stemming from his interactions in a chat room with an undercover detective posing as a twelve-year-old girl.

  • Macek v. Peisch

    Publication Date: 2017-11-06
    Practice Area: Civil Procedure | Criminal Law | Family Law
    Industry:
    Court: Appellate Division
    Judge: Per Curiam
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: A-3291-15T4

    Appellant was $101,010 in child support arrears when he came before the trial court after an arrest for non-payment of support.

  • U.S. v. Shannon

    Publication Date: 2017-11-03
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
    Judge: Justice Greenaway
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: 16-3755

    Appellant appealed his convictions and sentence for conspiracy to distribute and possess cocaine and heroin, possession with intent to distribute, possession of a firearm in furtherance of drug trafficking and money laundering.

  • State v. Tanashian

    Publication Date: 2017-11-03
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Appellate Division
    Judge: Per Curiam
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: A-0623-15T4

    In one day, appellant was involved in three separate motor vehicle accidents, two of which resulted in the issuance of tickets, including for driving while impaired and leaving the scene of an accident.

  • State v. Guerrero-Estrada

    Publication Date: 2017-11-02
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Appellate Division
    Judge: Per Curiam
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: A-2375-15T1

    During an unrelated narcotics case, detectives conducted an investigative stop of appellants' vehicles.

  • State v. Anderson

    Publication Date: 2017-11-02
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Appellate Division
    Judge: Per Curiam
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: A-0821-15T1

    After the trial court denied appellant's motion to suppress a loaded handgun seized by police, appellant pled guilty to unlawful possession of a handgun and possession of a defaced firearm.

  • State v. Green

    Publication Date: 2017-10-30
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Appellate Division
    Judge: Judge Koblitz
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Robert D. Laurino, Acting Essex County Prosecutor (Stephen A. Pogany, Special Deputy Attorney General, Acting Assistant Prosecutor, on the brief)
    for defendant:

    Case Number: A-1809-16T1

    Prior DWI Convictions Properly Excluded in Vehicular Manslaughter Trial Where Statutory Inference of Recklessness Arose from Defendants Intoxication

  • In the Matter of A.D.

    Publication Date: 2017-10-27
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Appellate Division
    Judge: Per Curiam
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: A-5145-14T2

    Appellant appealed his civil commitment pursuant to the Sexually Violent Predator Act.