by Fred Sisto | May 1, 2022 | Blog, Criminal Law, Monmouth County, New Jersey, Ocean County
The unanimous New Jersey Supreme Court continued in relevant part: The only information the officer possessed at the time of the stop was the race and sex of the suspects, with no further descriptors. That information, which effectively placed every single Black male...
by Fred Sisto | Apr 29, 2022 | Blog, Criminal Law, Monmouth County, New Jersey, Ocean County
Justice Pierre-Louis, my law school classmate, continued in relevant part: Upon stopping the vehicle, Sergeant Horan radioed headquarters with the license plate number and a description of the car, and two more officers arrived. Before he approached the vehicle, Horan...
by Fred Sisto | Apr 27, 2022 | Blog, Criminal Law, Monmouth County, New Jersey, Ocean County
On January 25, 2022, the New Jersey Supreme Court decided the Mercer County case of State v. Peter Nyema. The principal issue involved with the descriptions of robbery suspects created reasonable suspicion to justify the stop of the defendant’s vehicle. Justice...
by Fred Sisto | Apr 13, 2022 | Blog, Criminal Law, Monmouth County, New Jersey, Ocean County
The Appellate Division continued in relevant part: To accept the State’s theory that a caretaker’s assault of a protected person constitutes neglect, abandonment, desertion, or a failure to act, we would have to twist the Legislature’s words beyond...
by Fred Sisto | Apr 11, 2022 | Blog, Criminal Law, Monmouth County, New Jersey, Ocean County
On February 14, 2022, a three-judge appellate panel decided the Bergen County case of State v. M.K.P. The principal issue under N.J.S.A. 2C:24-8 was whether under the circumstances, the caretaker’s assault of her elderly mother constituted the crime of elder neglect....