NJ Court Reinstates Indictment for Disarming Officer, Rejects SOP Claim

December 23, 2024 |

State of New Jersey v. Jorge Rojas Docket No. A-2629-23 Decided December 19, 2024 Submitted by New Jersey Criminal Lawyer, Jeffrey Hark In a recent unpublished opinion, the Appellate Court of New Jersey decided the State’s appeal from a Law Division order granting defendant’s motion to dismiss his indictment for second-degree disarming a law enforcement officer,…

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Are Your Indictments Specific Enough to be Distinguished?

June 22, 2017 |

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…

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