Posts Tagged ‘PCR’
Post-Conviction Relief (PCR) Petition, Claimed Ineffective Counsel on The Issue of Jail Credits
State v. Huggins Appellate Docket No.: A-4414-19 Decided February 11, 2022 Submitted by New Jersey New Jersey Criminal Lawyer, Jeffrey Hark In a recent unpublished opinion, the Appellate Division of New Jersey reviewed a pro se post conviction relief (PCR) petition, claiming ineffective counsel on the issue of jail credits. In State v. Huggins, On April…
Read MoreFailing to Investigate Alibi Witnesses or Evidence May Result in Ineffective Relief of Counsel
State v. Gideon Appellate Docket No.: A-31-19 Decided January 14, 2021 Submitted by New Jersey Criminal Lawyer, Jeffrey Hark In a recent opinion, the Supreme Court of New Jersey reviewed an application for post conviction relief (PCR) based on ineffective assistance of counsel for failing to call alibi witnesses to a shooting. In State v. Gideon,…
Read MoreState v. Gayle | Post-Conviction Relief Motion
State v. Gayle Appellate Docket No.: A-1332-18T2 Decided May 1, 2020 And Appellate Docket No. A-0575-14T4 Decided Mar 17, 2017 Submitted by New Jersey Criminal Lawyer, Jeffrey Hark In a pair of unpublished opinion, the Appellate Division of New Jersey heard argument on the issues of admissibility of a device police used that can track…
Read MoreDon’t Represent yourself… Hire an attorney who can and knows how to represent you pre-trial and during the trial….NOT after you loose and convicted !
State of New Jersey v. Robert A. Davies Submitted by New Jersey Criminal Lawyer, Jeffrey Hark On a August morning in 2007, defendant, Robert Davies insulted a man, Mario Chavez, in the men’s room of a bar in Margate. Defendant said, “this was not his country and he should leave.” Chavez complained to the management…
Read MoreMy Lawyer Denied My Request to Appeal My Criminal Conviction, Now What?
Submitted by New Jersey Criminal Lawyer, Jeffrey Hark. In a recent case decided by New Jersey’s Appellate Division, a jury convicted the defendant of: the lesser-included offense of first-degree aggravated manslaughter, N.J.S.A. 2C:11-4(a) first-degree felony-murder, N.J.S.A. 2C:11-3(a)(3) first-degree armed robbery, N.J.S.A. 2C:15-1 fourth-degree unlawful possession of a weapon, N.J.S.A. 2C:39-5(d) third-degree hindering apprehension or prosecution,…
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