State v. Macrae Appellate Docket No.: A-1303-18T2 Decided October 6, 2020 Submitted by New Jersey Drug Crime Lawyer, Jeffrey Hark. In an unpublished opinion, the Appellate Division of New Jersey required a new trial when a trial court failed to provide out of court identification jury charges and only gave the jury in court identification…
State v. Leszczynski Appellate Docket No.: A-3653-18T1 Decided October 6, 2020 Submitted by New Jersey DUI Lawyer, Jeffrey Hark. In an unpublished opinion, the Appellate Division of New Jersey reviewed whether a denial for PTI was appropriate for driving while suspended after two DUIs. In State v. Leszczynski, Defendant, Frances H. Leszcynski, appeals from a…
State v. Balloutine Appellate Docket No.: A-4894-17T4 Decided October 5, 2020 Submitted by New Jersey Drug Crime Lawyer, Jeffrey Hark In an unpublished opinion, the Appellate Division of New Jersey required a new trial when a trial court failed to provide out of court identification jury charges and only gave the jury in court identification…
Koehler v. Smith Docket No.: A-2414-18T4 Decided October 1, 2020 Submitted by New Jersey Personal Injury Lawyer, Jeffrey Hark. In a recent unpublished decision, the Appellate Division considered whether a private contractor was subject to traffic sign immunity when a bucket truck boom struck a low underpass that lacked low clearance signage causing injury to…
State v. Decker Appellate Docket No.: A-3928-17T1 Decided September 29, 2020 Submitted by New Jersey Criminal Lawyer, Jeffrey Hark. In an unpublished opinion, the Appellate Division of New Jersey reviewed a trial court’s denial of defendant’s pretrial motion to dismiss a count of him being a leader of a gun trafficking unit. In State v. Decker,…
Figueroa v. Figueroa Docket No. A-0043-19T2 Decided September 28, 2020 Submitted by New Jersey Family Law Firm, Hark and Hark. In a recent unpublished decision the Appellate Division reviewed a trial court’s ruling denying an application to modify the parties’ Matrimonial Settlement Agreement (MSA) because defendant did not read it before signing and failed to demonstrate…
State v. Lopez Appellate Docket No.: A-1210-19T1 Decided September 23, 2020 Submitted by New Jersey Criminal Lawyer, Jeffrey Hark. In an unpublished opinion, the Appellate Division of New Jersey reviewed a jury’s conviction and forty-five year aggregate term of parole ineligibility that included text messages admitted into evidence under the co-conspirator exception to the hearsay rule.…
New Jersey Supreme Court Established bright line ‘probable cause test” in 2015: State v. Alamilla Appellate Docket No.: A-5952-17T1 Decided September 23, 2020 Submitted by New Jersey Criminal Lawyer, Jeffrey Hark. In an unpublished opinion, the Appellate Division of New Jersey reviewed a trial court’s denial of a motion to suppress 15 soil bags of marijuana…
State v. Alamilla Appellate Docket No.: A-5952-17T1 Decided September 23, 2020 Submitted by New Jersey Criminal Lawyer, Jeffrey Hark. In an unpublished opinion, the Appellate Division of New Jersey reviewed a trial court’s denial of a motion to suppress 15 soil bags of marijuana found in the back of a tractor trailer, after the driver blurted…
State v. Alamilla Appellate Docket No.: A-5952-17T1 Decided September 23, 2020 Submitted by New Jersey Criminal Lawyer, Jeffrey Hark. Another key to this decision is the standard of review by the appellate court, which is used in virtually every appellate appeal for trial court decisions. In order to be successful on appeal you must be aware…