This photo provided by the Millville Police Dept. shows Christopher W. Reeves. The southern New Jersey police officer has died after his cruiser and another vehicle collided early Sunday, July 8, 2012. (AP Photo/Millville Police Dept.)South Jersey Times BRIDGETON — Retracting his previous not guilty plea, Timothy Seidel admitted to being responsible for the death of…
BRIDGETON – The motorist behind the wheel of the car that killed a Millville police officer two years ago accepted a plea deal in the case today, officials have said. Timothy Seidel has been in Cumberland County Jail since his arrest following the crash on July 8, 2012. He pleaded guilty Monday to charges of…
Submitted by New Jersey Criminal Lawyer, Jeffrey Hark 14-2-4712 State v. Brown , App. Div. (per curiam) (25 pp.) Defendant appeals his convictions of second-degree aggravated assault, third-degree aggravated assault, and unlawful possession of a knife arising out of an altercation outside a fraternity house at Rutgers University. Prior Conviction Supporting Aggravating Sentencing Factors The…
Submitted by New Jersey Criminal Defense Lawyer, Jeffrey Hark 14-2-4736 State v. Bell , App. Div. (per curiam) (11 pp.) Defendant appeals from the Law Division’s four-year sentence imposed following his guilty plea for violation of probation. He seeks additional jail credits corresponding to the period of custody from his arrest on new charges to…
Submitted by personal injury attorney, Jeffrey Hark. 36-2-4735 Ramirez v. Matawan Borough, App. Div. (per curiam) (7 pp.) Plaintiff Natasha Ramirez, an incapacitated person, through her guardian Chiara Zannino, appeals the Law Division order denying her motion for leave to file a late notice of claim pursuant to the New Jersey Tort Claims Act (TCA)…
Submitted by New Jersey DWI Attorney, Jeffrey Hark A New Jersey appeals court has upended a trial judge’s suppression of blood evidence taken from a woman who caused an accident after getting behind the wheel with a blood-alcohol level of more than four times the legal limit. The Appellate Division thwarted the defendant’s efforts to…
Submitted by New Jersey DWI Lawyer, Jeffrey Hark Our court has outlined exigency in See State v. Eckel, 185 N.J. 523. Exigency has been defined as circumstances which provide the officer with the heightened concern for his safety or the destruction of evidence. Id. at 534. The U.S Supreme Court’s 2013 decision in Missouri v.…
Detention and Miranda Rights Submitted by New Jersey Criminal Lawyer, Jeffrey Hark This blog deals with issues of what constitutes a detention in which your Miranda rights must be read. The case is an appeal of the denial of a defendant’s motion to suppress evidence in State v. Hamb, decided July 25, 2014 by the…
Originally posted here. TRENTON, N.J. (AP) — Two school bus drivers are among 14 men arrested in New Jersey in a child pornography sweep. Authorities say 28-year-old Andrew Schreiner of Williamstown and 28-year-old Armando Nortez of Egg Harbor Township drove students in Mays Landing. Federal and state authorities say the men and other suspects used…
Submitted by New Jersey Personal Injury Attorney, Jeffrey Hark This blog discusses Ghee v. Marten Transport Ltd., decided by the United States Court of Appeals for The Third Circuit and filed on June 25, 2014. It was an appeal of the denial of a motion seeking either a new trial or a remittitur. A remittitur…