Submitted by New Jersey Drug Crime Lawyer, Jeffrey Hark. People convicted of marijuana offenses in New Jersey are closer to getting their records cleared, as the state Legislature voted Monday to pass an expungement bill. “This move will make it possible for thousands of residents now and in the future to truly be able to…
Submitted by New Jersey Drug Crime Lawyer, Jeffrey Hark. Some 80,000 people in New Jersey will have their voting rights restored and more will see their criminal records expunged, thanks to two bills Gov. Phil Murphy signed into law Wednesday. “Today is not just about writing a new chapter of New Jersey history,” Murphy told…
Martin v. Newark Pub. Sch., N.J. Super. App. Div. Decided December 12, 2019 (Approved for Publication) Submitted by New Jersey Workers Compensation Lawyer, Jeffrey Hark. Procedural History: Petitioner Samuel Martin, III appeals from an August 13, 2018 order of the Workers’ Compensation Court denying his application for medical and temporary disability benefits (Also know as Motions…
Martin v. Newark Pub. Sch., N.J. Super. App. Div. Decided December 12, 2019 (Approved for Publication) Submitted by New Jersey Workers Compensation Lawyer, Jeffrey Hark. This is an interesting case and an interesting argument by the petitioner’s attorney. Here, the petitioner filed a motion in workers compensation court to have the court order the employer’s physician…
Martin v. Newark Pub. Sch., N.J. Super. App. Div. Decided December 12, 2019 (Approved for Publication) Submitted by New Jersey Workers Compensation Lawyer, Jeffrey Hark. This is an interesting case and an interesting argument presented by the petitioner’s attorney. There are several different legal issues at play here which I will address in several different blogs.…
STATE OF NEW JERSEY, v. KENNETH G. MURILLO, Decided December 11, 2019 Submitted by New Jersey Criminal Lawyer, Jeffrey Hark. Defendant appeals from his conviction for second-degree unlawful possession of a handgun, N.J.S.A. 2C:39-5(b)(1).1 Police found the gun stashed in a wall of a commercial establishment on a public street, where defendant had no privacy interest.…
L.B.I., v. W.F.A.-Y., Decided December 12, 2019 Submitted by New Jersey Domestic Violence Lawyer, Jeffrey Hark. SUPERIOR COURT OF NEW JERSEY APPELLATE DIVISION DOCKET NO. A-3211-17T4 Defendant W.F.A.-Y. appeals from the Family Part’s January 31, 2018 order granting his former girlfriend, plaintiff, L.B.I. a Final Restraining Order (FRO) under the Prevention of Domestic Violence Act of 1991…
The State sought defendant’s detention under the Criminal Justice Reform Act, N.J.S.A. 2A:162-15 to 26. STATE OF NEW JERSEY v. J.A.R.R., December 11, 2019 Submitted by New Jersey Criminal Lawyer, Jeffrey Hark. On leave granted, the State appeals from the trial court’s July 18, 2019 order, entered after an earlier remand, denying the State’s motion to…
I.R.S. v. R.G.F., NOT FOR PUBLICATION WITHOUT THE APPROVAL OF THE APPELLATE DIVISION Submitted by New Jersey Domestic Violence Lawyer, Jeffrey Hark. This opinion shall not “constitute precedent or be binding upon any court.” Although it is posted on the internet, this opinion is binding only on the parties in the case and its use in other…
Submitted by New Jersey DWI Lawyer, Jeffrey Hark. On December 1 the New Jersey legislature’s July modifications to the DWI statute became effective. The legislative changes enabled first time offenders to not lose their license for a DWI conviction. This may lead many to not hire an attorney or fight their case because they didn’t…