By Charles Toutant | April 5, 2018
The state court's ruling appears to shake up the U.S. Supreme Court's 2013 decision in "Missouri v. McNeely," which held the natural metabolization of alcohol in a defendant's blood was insufficient to justify a warrantless draw.
By Charles Toutant | April 2, 2018
A proposed class action suit accuses New Jersey's courts of giving scheduling priority to criminal cases from after the 2017 enactment of the Criminal Justice Reform Act and putting off trials in older cases.
New Jersey Law Journal | Commentary
By NJLJ Young Lawyers Advisory Board | March 30, 2018
Money and liberty are no longer interwoven
By Michael Booth | March 29, 2018
A former Jersey City solo, criminally convicted and stripped of his license on charges that he stole more than $1.5 million from three clients over a period of more than a decade, has been sentenced to 26 years behind bars.
By Charles Toutant | March 28, 2018
The majority ruled in "State v. Zalcberg,"a 5-2 decision on Tuesday, that a lack of training for police about the need for and availability of telephonic warrants—in the context of a serious road accident and a changing landscape for such warrants at the time—could form an exigency that renders the warrantless blood sampling compliant with the Fourth Amendment.
By Charles Toutant | March 23, 2018
Locane was released from prison in June 2015 after serving two and a half years of her sentence for her involvement in the 2010 accident in Montgomery Township that left Fred Seeman seriously injured and killed his wife, Helene. But Locane may have to return to prison if a stricter sentence is imposed.
By Charles Toutant | March 20, 2018
The Appellate Division affirmed orders by Superior Court Judge Marilyn Clark of Passaic County compelling disclosure of wiretap information to the estate of Frank Lagano for use in a civil suit against the Bergen County Prosecutor's Office.
By Charles Toutant | March 19, 2018
Bridgegate defendants Bridget Kelly and William Baroni Jr. are readying appellate arguments that downplay the severity of their actions, according briefs filed in advance of next month's scheduled appellate argument before the Third Circuit.
By New Jersey State Bar Association | March 19, 2018
The Board of Trustees has approved a proposed change regarding the association's Judicial and Prosecutorial Appointments Committee. Voting takes place March 22-29.
By Michael Booth | March 15, 2018
A federal lawsuit filed by a man who spent three years in prison after a polygraph examiner was allowed to opine on the man's guilt in testimony before a jury is going forward.
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