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  • U.S. v. Keith Jackson

    Publication Date: 2017-10-09
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
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    Court: Appellate Division
    Judge: Judge Fuentes
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    Case Number: 16-4060

    Originally charged alongside seven codefendants for his part in a drug distribution operation, appellant agreed to plead guilty to a single count of conspiracy to distribute heroin.

  • State of New Jersey v. Eugene Richardson

    Publication Date: 2017-10-04
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
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    Court: Appellate Division
    Judge: Judge Ostrer
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    Case Number: A-2023-15T2

    The court reverses defendant's drug possession conviction and holds that when the State refuses a defense attorney's diligent pre-indictment request to preserve and produce recordings, which the State or its law enforcement agencies created and are directly relevant to adjudicating an existing charge, the defendant is entitled to an adverse inference charge.

  • State v. Richardson

    Publication Date: 2017-10-04
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
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    Court: Appellate Division
    Judge: Per Curiam
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    Case Number: A-2023-15T2

    Lacking a valid driver's license, appellant was caught giving a false name during a traffic stop for a motor vehicle violation.

  • State v. McKoy

    Publication Date: 2017-10-04
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
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    Court: Appellate Division
    Judge: Per Curiam
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    Case Number: A-4138-15T1

    Defendant was convicted for heroin and weapons possession. At the time of sentencing, he was serving an aggregate prison term for violations of probation.

  • State v. Mills

    Publication Date: 2017-10-03
    Practice Area: Criminal Law | Evidence
    Industry:
    Court: Appellate Division
    Judge: Per Curiam
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    Case Number: A-1258-15T1

    Following the trial court's denial of his motion to suppress incriminating evidence that police had seized in a warrantless car search, appellant conditionally pled guilty to robbery and unlawful possession of a handgun.

  • State v. Waters

    Publication Date: 2017-10-03
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
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    Court: Appellate Division
    Judge: Per Curiam
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    Case Number: A-2815-14T1

    Defendant appealed from his convictions for first-degree murder, second-degree possession of a firearm for unlawful purpose, second-degree unlawful possession of a weapon, and fourth-degree aggravated assault.

  • In the Matter of W.L.

    Publication Date: 2017-10-02
    Practice Area: Constitutional Law | Criminal Law
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    Court: Appellate Division
    Judge: Per Curiam
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    Case Number: A-0455-16T4

    Defendant, an inmate at Northern State Prison, engaged in a months-long hunger strike that placed his health and life in imminent dange

  • State of New Jersey v. Imani Williams

    Publication Date: 2017-09-29
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Appellate Division
    Judge: Judge Currier
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    Case Number: 14-2-4363

    In this appeal, the court addresses whether, in a pretrial detention hearing, defendant's pregnancy should be given greater consideration than any other pretrial detention factor in a judge's assessment under the Criminal Justice Reform Act (Act), N.J.S.A. 2A:162-15 to -26

  • In the Matter of the Civil Commitment of C.B.

    Publication Date: 2017-09-27
    Practice Area: Criminal Appeals | Criminal Law
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    Court: Appellate Division
    Judge: Per Curiam
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    Case Number: A-5002-14T

    C.B. appealed from the trial court's judgment denying C.B.'s motion to remove discharge conditions imposed under the Sexually Violent Predator Act. C.B. was convicted after pleading guilty to a series of offenses arising from his sexual assault of underage girls

  • J.K. v. N.J. State Parole Board

    Publication Date: 2017-09-27
    Practice Area: Criminal Appeals | Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Appellate Division
    Judge: Per Curiam
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    Case Number: A-3522-15T4

    In 2005, a jury convicted appellant of attempting to lure a twelve-year-old girl into a motor vehicle.