Posts Tagged ‘double jeopardy’
Are Your Indictments Specific Enough to be Distinguished?
14-2-3514 State v. D.C., N.J. Super. App. Div. (per curiam) (14 pp.) Submitted by New Jersey Sex Crime Lawyer, Jeffrey Hark. Indictments and subsequent verdict sheets have to be specific enough to differentiate the defendant’s conduct as to each separate count. If the jury cannot differentiate the defendant’s conduct as to the separate counts because…
Read MoreNew Jersey adopts Federal Test for Double Jeopardy
Submitted by New Jersey Drug Crime Lawyer, Jeffrey Hark New Jersey’s Supreme Court has recently adopted the same test used at the federal level for protection against double jeopardy. In the case, the defendant was arrested for selling marijuana to an undercover police officer. The defendant was charged with possession of marijuana with intent to…
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