The Supreme Court announced that it has granted review in State v. Prall. The question presented, as phrased by the Supreme Court Clerk’s Office, is “In this trial for murder and arson, did the trial court err in admitting testimony ...
The Supreme Court announced today that it has granted review in two new cases. The first, New Jersey Division of Child Protection & Permanency v. A.B., is before the Court by virtue of a dissent in the Appellate Division. The ...
Coleman v. Superintendent Greene SCI, 845 F.3d 73 (3d Cir. 2017). Today, Judge Hardiman, writing for the Third Circuit in a habeas corpus case, addressed the weight to be given to dicta from the Supreme Court of the United States. ...
This morning, the Appellate Division issued a Notice to the Bar, available here, to remind practitioners and appellants that, effective on January 1, 2017, appeals to the Appellate Division on pretrial detention matters must be filed electronically. The notice also ...
State v. Morrison, 227 N.J. 295 (2016). In today’s unanimous opinion by Justice Albin, the issue was whether a volunteer emergency medical technician (“EMT”) is a “public servant” who can be charged with official misconduct under N.J.S.A. 2C:30-2(a). This was ...
This morning, the Supreme Court announced that it will review five more cases. Three of those are criminal cases, one is an insurance coverage case, and one is a constitutional law matter that is likely to be one of the ...
This morning, the Supreme Court published a notice to the Bar, available here, regarding a new Court Rule that addresses review by the Court of Appellate Division rulings regarding pretrial detention. That rule, Rule 2:9-14, was adopted on December 6 ...
State of New Jersey in the Interest of A.R., 447 N.J. Super. 485 (App. Div. 2016). Judge Sabatino teaches at Rutgers-Camden Law School. Students there pay to be educated by him. Readers of his judicial opinions on evidence can get ...
State v. Bryant, 227 N.J. 60 (2016). As has been noted before, a new Justice’s first opinion is customarily a unanimous one in a relatively uncomplicated case. Today, Justice Timpone authored his first opinion since taking the bench. Fittingly, given ...
The Supreme Court announced that it has granted review (one on a motion for leave to appeal and one on a petition for certification) in two more criminal cases. In State in the Interest of C.K., the question presented, as ...