Posts Tagged ‘aggravated manslaughter’
Reversed: Conviction of Aggravated Manslaughter After Defendant Confessed to Killing His Wife
State v. Abayuba Rivas Appellate Docket No.: A-15-21 Decided June 22, 2022 Submitted by New Jersey Criminal Lawyer, Jeffrey Hark In a recent opinion, the Supreme Court of New Jersey reversed a jury conviction of aggravated manslaughter after defendant confessed to killing his wife. In State v. Rivas, at 10:00 a.m. on February 24, 2014, Rivas…
Read MoreDriver accused of traveling 113 mph before fatal DWI crash indicted
Submitted by New Jersey DWI Lawyer, Jeffrey Hark. A grand jury has indicted a Salem County man on aggravated manslaughter and death by auto charges following a fatal crash in which he was allegedly traveling at more than 100 mph just seconds before the collision. Stephen M. Karwowski, 30, of Pittsgrove Township, was driving a pickup…
Read MoreCrime and Defense: Clarifying the True Meanings of Aggravated Manslaughter and Self-Defense
Submitted by New Jersey Criminal Lawyer, Jeffrey Hark. State v. Urbina, decided June 16 by the New Jersey Supreme Court is a case that brings up a lot of issues that may be of importance to our readers and will be written about over the course of two blogs. Today’s blog concerns a crime and…
Read MoreThe Right to Cross-Examine A Witness
Justices Bar Recanted Statement’s Admission Absent Testimony In State v. Slaughter, decided August 12, 2014 concerns two defendants both accused the other of being the primary killers of a man while the other looked on. The defendant in this particular case claimed that he was smoking a cigarette outside the victim’s home which was also…
Read MoreNew Jersey DWI and Aggravated Manslaughter – First Degree Charge
Submitted by New Jersey DWI and Criminal Lawyer, Jeffrey Hark 14-2-3474 State v. Liepe, App. Div. (per curiam) (11 pp.) The serious issue presented in this case is the prosecutor’s decision to charge an individual with aggravated manslaughter, a first degree charge exposing the defendant to a possible jail term between 10-20 years in New…
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