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In 2014, the New Jersey Supreme Court decided State v. David Gibson, a criminal matter that raised questions about the seizure of drugs following an arrest for “defiant trespass.” While many criminal matters revolve around the legality of a search and seizure, the Gibson case focused on the arrest for […]

In what can only be described as a stunning, and relatively rare, turn of events, comedian and actor Bill Cosby’s sexual assault conviction was overturned and he was immediately released from prison on Wednesday, June 30, 2021.  This is a result of the Pennsylvania Supreme Court’s decision to vacate Cosby’s […]

This November, New Jersey voters will decide whether or not to amend the New Jersey Constitution to legalize the possession and use of marijuana for persons age 21 and older and to legalize the cultivation, processing and sale of retail marijuana. Initially, the New Jersey legislature tried to legalize marijuana […]

In the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic, New Jerseyans have heard almost daily references to Executive Orders, and people being arrested and charged for violating those Orders. Those violators, or “knuckleheads” as they have been commonly referred to, are at times becoming the scorn of the public, and at other […]