New Jersey Criminal Law
Severance Ruling in NJ vs. Grimsley & Malik – August 28, 2023
State of New Jersey v. Dandel Grimsley & Mateen Malik Docket No. A-2699-22 Decided August 28, 2023 Submitted by New Jersey Criminal Lawyer, Jeffrey Hark In a recent published opinion, the Appellate Court of New Jersey decided the State’s appeal from an order granting defendants’ motion for severance of their scheduled joint trial. In this case,…
Read MoreNJ Appellate Court Upholds Suppression in Wiretap Case
State of New Jersey v. Dennis Gargano, Jr. & Clarence Grant Docket No. A-1230-22 Decided August 28, 2023 Submitted by New Jersey Criminal Lawyer, Jeffrey Hark In a recent published opinion, the Appellate Court of New Jersey was tasked with determining whether the trial court correctly determined the State’s interception of privileged marital communications between codefendant…
Read MoreAppellate Court Affirms Probable Cause in Arrest Case
State of New Jersey v. Travis Murphy Docket No. A-2657-21 Decided August 22, 2023 Submitted by New Jersey Criminal Lawyer, Jeffrey Hark In a recent unpublished opinion, the Appellate Court of New Jersey decided defendant’s appeal from an August 2021 order denying his motion to suppress evidence seized following his arrest. In late April of 2020,…
Read MoreSupreme Court of New Jersey Rules on In-Person Interpreting in Criminal Jury Trials
State of New Jersey v. Oscar Juracan-Juracan Docket No. A-32-22 Decided August 15, 2023 Submitted by New Jersey Criminal Lawyer, Jeffrey Hark In a recent published opinion, the Supreme Court of New Jersey was tasked with determining a question of first impression, whether a criminal defendant must be provided in-person interpreting services, rather than video remote…
Read MoreAppellate Court Affirms Convictions and Sentence: State v. John Rivera
State of New Jersey v. John Rivera Docket No. A-3223-20 Decided August 14, 2023 Submitted by New Jersey Criminal Lawyer, Jeffrey Hark In a recent unpublished opinion, the Appellate Court of New Jersey decided defendant’s appeal from his convictions for vehicular homicide, assault by auto, and DWI. In the alternative, defendant contends his sentence was excessive.…
Read MoreNJ Supreme Court: Flawed Evidence & Identification in State v. Burney (A-24-22, Aug 2, 2023)
State of New Jersey v. Roberson Burney Docket No. A-24-22 Decided August 2, 2023 Submitted by New Jersey Criminal Lawyer, Jeffrey Hark. In a recent published opinion, the Supreme Court of New Jersey was tasked with determining whether it was cumulative error for the trial court to admit two pieces of evidence: expert testimony that defendant’s…
Read MoreNJ Appellate Court Reverses Decision: Unlawful Search & Suppression of Evidence | Hark & Hark Attorneys
State of New Jersey v. Shadi Allie Docket No. A-0082-22 Decided July 26, 2023 Submitted by New Jersey Criminal Lawyer, Jeffrey Hark In a recent unpublished opinion, the Appellate Court of New Jersey decided defendant’s appeal from an interlocutory order denying her motion to suppress evidence seized during a warrantless search of the van in which…
Read MorePrivacy Ruling: NJ Supreme Court Limits Law Enforcement’s Access to Facebook Communications in Real Time.
Facebook, Inc. v. State of New Jersey Docket Nos. (A-61-21; A-7-22) (087054) Decided June 29, 2023 Submitted by New Jersey Criminal Lawyer, Jeffrey Hark In a recent published opinion, the Supreme Court of New Jersey decided whether law enforcement officials can obtain the contents of electronic communications from a Facebook account prospectively every 15 minutes for…
Read MoreReversed Defendant’s Conviction Following His Plea of Guilty to the Rape and Murder of A.S
State of New Jersey v. Andreas Erazo Docket No. A-16-22 Decided June 21, 2023 Submitted by New Jersey Criminal Lawyer, Jeffrey Hark In a recent published opinion, the Supreme Court of New Jersey was tasked with determining whether the Appellate Division properly reversed defendant’s conviction following his plea of guilty to the rape and murder of…
Read MoreMotion To Suppress Evidence Seized as the Result of an Unlawful Search
State of New Jersey v. Damon Gary Docket No. A-0590-22 Decided June 9, 2023 Submitted by New Jersey Criminal Lawyer, Jeffrey Hark In a recent unpublished opinion, the Appellate Court of New Jersey decided the State’s appeal from an order granting defendant’s motion to suppress a handgun recovered during a stop and frisk. On February 16,…
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