State v. Camacho, 218 N.J. 533 (2014). It is an error “of constitutional dimension” for a trial judge in a criminal case to fail to instruct the jury that it could not draw an adverse inference from the defendant’s decision ...
State v. Savoy, 218 N.J. 224 (2014). Under Article VI, section 2, paragraph 3 of the New Jersey Constitution, the Supreme Court has plenary power to “make rules governing the administration of all courts in the State and, subject to ...
State v. Witt, 435 N.J. Super. 608 (App. Div. 2014). Only the Supreme Court of New Jersey can overrule one of its own decisions. But a party who wishes to challenge a Supreme Court decision must first visit the Appellate ...
This is another guest post by Jeffrey A. Shooman, my colleague at Lite DePalma Greenberg, LLC: State v. Coles, 217 N.J. 467 (2014). Sergeant Zsakhiem James of the Camden Police Department responded to a report of robbery in Camden. According ...
Today’s post is a guest post by Victor N. Metallo, MAE, MBA, JD, Adj. Professor of Business Law, Montclair State University In State v. Ates, 213 N.J. 389 (2014), the Supreme Court unanimously upheld the New Jersey Wiretapping and Electronic ...
State v. Carlucci, 217 N.J. 129 (2014). This is another guest post by Jeffrey A. Shooman, who was then my colleague in the Appellate Practice Group of Lite DePalma Greenberg, LLC. As discussed here, the Third Circuit noted several months ...
This post is by my colleague Jeffrey A. Shooman. He discusses an important criminal law decision that the Appellate Division issued today. State v. Saavedra, 433 N.J. Super. 501 (App. Div. 2013). At issue in this case was the criminal culpability of public employees ...
Criminal Defendant Can Present Expert Testimony as to Voluntariness or Reliability of His Confession
The first substantive post of this fourth year of this blog is another guest post on a criminal law decision by my colleague Jeffrey A. Shooman, another member of my firm’s Appellate Practice Group. State v. Granskie, 433 N.J. Super. ...
State v. Quixal, 431 N.J. Super. 502 (App. Div. 2013). Today’s post is a guest post by Jeffrey A. Shooman, one of my colleagues in the Appellate Practice Group at Lite DePalma Greenberg, LLC, dealing with an important criminal law decision by ...