by Fred Sisto | Apr 26, 2024 | Blog, Criminal Law, Monmouth County, New Jersey, Ocean County
The following cases all address the Sixth Amendment’s Confrontation Clause. They are particularly relevant to cases in which the prosecution seeks to admit the results of laboratory testing. This is common in cases of alleged “drug driving: in which a urine and/or...
by Fred Sisto | Apr 23, 2024 | Blog, Criminal Law, Monmouth County, New Jersey, Ocean County
On March 4, 2024 a three-judge appellate panel decided the Middlesex County case of State v. Zaire Cromedy. The principal issue before the Court under N.J.S.A. 2C:39-5(j) concerned whether certain first-degree weapons offenses were exempt from mandatory parole...
by Fred Sisto | Apr 21, 2024 | Blog, Criminal Law, Monmouth County, New Jersey, Ocean County
Justice Alito concluded with the following: Under Missouri law, “the standard for determining whether a juror should be excused for cause is whether his or her views would ‘prevent or substantially impair’ the performance of duties as a juror.” State v. Ramsey, 864 S....
by Fred Sisto | Apr 19, 2024 | Blog, Criminal Law, Monmouth County, New Jersey, Ocean County
Justice Alito continued: Second, the court concluded that the jurors had been dismissed, not based on their religious status, but based on their religious beliefs. And this distinction, it said, made all the difference because, in its view, while dismissals based on a...
by Fred Sisto | Apr 17, 2024 | Blog, Criminal Law, Monmouth County, New Jersey, Ocean County
Justice Alito continued: In response to this question, some potential jurors raised their hands, and Finney’s lawyer then questioned them individually. During this phase of voir dire, Juror 4, a pastor’s wife, stated that “homosexuality, according to the Bible, is a...