Posts Tagged ‘Lay witness’
Witnesses That Are Not Expert Witnesses Can Only Testify as To Their Firsthand Knowledge
State v. Amrit Singh Appellate Docket No.: A-37-19 Decided January 21, 2021 Submitted by New Jersey Criminal Lawyer, Jeffrey Hark In a recent opinion, the Supreme Court of New Jersey reviewed whether a detective’s reference to “the defendant” while narrating surveillance footage of a robbery and comparing defendant’s shoes to those in the video were reversible…
Read MoreEvidentiary proofs required by New Jersey courts to prove DWI cases
Submitted by New Jersey Criminal Lawyer, Jeffrey Hark. In the next series of blogs my office is going to discuss the current status of evidentiary proofs required by New Jersey courts to prove DWI cases as New Jersey moves toward allowing personal use possession and consumption of marijuana once Chris Christie leaves office and a possible…
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