TestIn a February 5, 2019 decision, the New Jersey Supreme Court in State v. Chisum reversed an Appellate Division decision and suppressed two firearms that had been seized by the police. The Court remanded the matter to the trial court for withdrawals of the Defendants’ guilty pleas. Defendants Chisum and […]
On February 4, 2019, in the matter of State v. William Brown, the New Jersey Supreme Court reversed two murder convictions, based in large part on the State’s failure to turn over material evidence to the defense until the trial was underway. The victim in the matter had been shot […]
On December 4, 2018, the Appellate Division issued a decision approved for publication in R.L.U. v. J.P., (A-4823-16T1) wherein the court addressed the retroactivity of the Sexual Assault Survivor Protection Act (SASPA). The Appellate Division reversed the decision of a Family Part judge, and held that a SASPA order was […]
Pursuant to the 2017 Criminal Justice Reform Act, if the State seeks to detain a defendant pending the outcome of the case, they are required to provide, among other items, “all exculpatory evidence” before a detention hearing. In a December 11, 2018 decision by the New Jersey Supreme Court, State […]