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New Jersey Law Journal

Prior Uncounseled Plea to DWI Can Factor Into Sentencing, Court Says

A New Jersey appeals court has constrained quarter-century-old doctrine that an uncounseled plea of guilty to drunken driving can't be used as a prior conviction for sentencing purposes.
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New Jersey Law Journal

In the Matter of Expungement Application of D.J.B.

N.J.S.A. 2C:52-4.1(a) applies only to the expungement of juvenile adjudications and does not convert a juvenile adjudication into a crime that would bar expungement of an adult conviction.
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National Law Journal

The Morning Wrap

A round-up of legal news from ALM publications and news outlets around the country: Same-sex marriage ban challenge in Virginia; a surprising copyright judgment in California; and alleged background check fraud.
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New Jersey Law Journal

Laws Criminalize Online Harassment, Prohibit Pregnancy Discrimination

Gov. Chris Christies signs bills that criminalize cyber-harassment, ban pregnancy discrimination and require landlords to pay their tenants legal fees in some instances.
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New Jersey Law Journal

Megan's Law Amendment Charges Sex Offenders for Monitoring Cost

In the first major overhaul of Megan's Law since its enactment two decades ago, new legislation stiffens community-notification requirements and charges paroled sex offenders for part of the cost of running their monitoring programs.
5 minute read

Daily Report Online

DeKalb Hearing to Address Eavesdropping Allegation

A hearing today in DeKalb County Superior Court has the potential to shed more light on an intriguing twist in the criminal prosecution of suspended County CEO Burrell Ellis.
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Daily Report Online

Judge Rejects Motion with Literary Flourish

A federal judge in Atlanta has turned to Shakespeare's "King Lear" in denying a motion to set aside a sentence brought by the ringleader of the largest mortgage fraud scheme ever prosecuted in Georgia.
2 minute read

Daily Report Online

Macon U.S. Attorney Announces Wire Fraud, Bribery Charges in Marine Base Thefts

A federal grand jury in Albany has charged three Georgia men in a 51-count indictment that accuses them of participating in fraud and corruption schemes at the Marine Corps Logistic Base in Albany that cost the federal government millions of dollars, the U.S. Attorney for the Middle District of Georgia announced today.
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New York Law Journal

People v. Robles

Fair Trial Not Compromised by Deputy's Attempt To Interfere With Defendant's Decision to Testify
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The Recorder

In re Heard

By | January 23, 2014
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