Drug Crimes
Pre-Trial Detention Appeals for Drug Related Offenses: State v. P.J.C.
State v. P.J.C.: Submitted by New Jersey Drug Crime Lawyer, Jeffrey Hark. After conducting a motor vehicle stop, a police officer smelled marijuana, and pursuant to the motor vehicle exception to the fourth amendment of the U.S. Constitution’s prohibition against illegal searches and seizures, searched the occupants. The passenger and driver said they had purchased…
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State v. Brown blog post 4 of 4 Appellate Docket No.: A-4938-18T1 Decided June 11, 2020 Submitted by New Jersey Drug Crime Lawyer, Jeffrey Hark. In an unpublished opinion, the Appellate Division of New Jersey reversed a judgment of conviction after a motion to suppress was denied. Consent was unlawfully obtained after getting consent from a…
Read MoreDefendant’s Consent to Home Search Coerced after Traffic Stop
State v. Brown blog post 3 of 4 Appellate Docket No.: A-4938-18T1 Decided June 11, 2020 Submitted by New Jersey Drug Crime Lawyer, Jeffrey Hark. In an unpublished opinion, the Appellate Division of New Jersey reversed a judgment of conviction after a motion to suppress was denied. Consent was unlawfully obtained after getting consent from a…
Read MoreSuppression of Evidence in Court When Wrongly Obtained / Illegal Search and Seizure
State v. Calcott: Submitted by New Jersey Drug Crime Lawyer, Jeffrey Hark. Defendant traveled on a private jet by himself carrying two leather briefcases and two rectangular containers, one three by four feet, the other slightly smaller. After speaking with defendant before departure, the pilot contacted the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) regarding his suspicion defendant…
Read MoreConsent to Search Home for Drug Paraphernalia Unlawfully Obtained after Traffic Stop
State v. Brown blog post 2 of 4 Appellate Docket No.: A-4938-18T1 Decided June 11, 2020 Submitted by New Jersey Drug Crime Lawyer, Jeffrey Hark. In an unpublished opinion, the Appellate Division of New Jersey reversed a judgment of conviction after a motion to suppress was denied. Consent was unlawfully obtained after getting consent from…
Read MorePolice Search Home for Drug Paraphernalia After Motor Vehicle Stop
State v. Brown blog post 1 of 4 Appellate Docket No.: A-4938-18T1 Decided June 11, 2020 Submitted by New Jersey Drug Crime Lawyer, Jeffrey Hark. In an unpublished opinion, the Appellate Division of New Jersey reversed a judgment of conviction after a motion to suppress was denied. Consent was unlawfully obtained after getting consent from…
Read MoreNew Jersey’s Prescription Monitoring Program and Oxycodone Distribution Conspiracy
State v. Stoveken: Submitted by New Jersey Drug Crime Lawyer, Jeffrey Hark. The pertinent issue in this case was whether a grand jury subpoena was sufficient to access prescription drug information maintained in New Jersey’s Prescription Monitoring Program (PMP). Defendants, along with others, were involved in a conspiracy to distribute oxycodone. During an investigation of…
Read MoreState v. Barnes
Appellate Docket No.: A-0659-18T4 Submitted by New Jersey Drug Crime Lawyer, Jeffrey Hark. In an unpublished opinion, the Appellate Division of New Jersey heard argument on the issue of an improper jury charge. In State v. Barnes, the Defendant was indicted for third-degree possession of heroin, N.J.S.A.2C:35-10(a)(1); second-degree possession of heroin, with the intent to…
Read MoreState v. Reyes
Appellate Docket No.: A-0182-18T2 Submitted by New Jersey Drug Crime Lawyer, Jeffrey Hark. In an unpublished opinion, the Appellate Division of New Jersey heard argument on the issues of reasonable suspicion and unlawful search and seizure. In State v. Reyes, the Grand Jury indicted defendant for possession of heroin, contrary to N.J.S.A. 2C:35-10(a)(1), and possession…
Read MoreClearing marijuana offenses in N.J. is coming — if Murphy signs bill this time
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…
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