On January 13, 2025, a unanimous New Jersey Supreme Court decided the Passaic County case of State v. Celestine Payne. The principal issue concerned whether the trial court abused its discretion in denying Celestine Payne’s petition for release under the...
On June 16, 2025, a unanimous New Jersey Supreme Court decided the Camden County case of In re the Matter Concerning the State Grand Jury (A-15-24) (089571). The principal issue concerned a trial court’s declining to empanel a special grand jury and finding that an...
On July 30, 2025, the New Jersey Supreme Court decided the Salem County case of State v. Shawn Fenimore. The principal issue concerned the automobile exception to the warrant requirement under the New Jersey State Constitution. Justice Wainer Apter wrote for the...
On September 29, 2025, a three-judge appellate panel decided the Monmouth County case of State v. R.A.M. The principal issue under N.J.S.A. 2C:44-1 concerned the applicability of aggravating factor 15 to a domestic violence conviction. Judge Perez Friscia wrote for...
On August 12, 2025, a three-judge appellate panel decided the Mercer County case of State v. Malihki Oliver. The principal issue under N.J.S.A. 2C:1-3 concerned the legality of transporting and assembling “ghost gun” kits in New Jersey that were legally purchased in...
On August 6, 2025, a unanimous New Jersey Supreme Court decided the Salem County case of State v. Delshon Taylor. The principal issue under N.J.S.A. 2C:43-6.2 concerned the standard of review of a prosecutor’s denial of a Graves Act waiver. Justice Pierre-Louis, my...
On July 30, 2025, a three-judge appellate panel decided the Cape May County case of In the Matter of the Expungement of the Criminal/Juvenile Records of P.L. The principal issue under N.J.S.A. 2C:52-1 concerned whether a Recovery Court graduate could have a juvenile...
On July 22, 2025, a 5-2 majority of the New Jersey Supreme Court decided the Ocean County case of State v. Juan Hernandez-Peralta. The principal issue under N.J.S.A. 2C:43-2 concerned whether counsel was ineffective for not informing the defendant of immigration...
On July 7, 2025, a three-judge appellate panel decided the Middlesex County case of In Re Registrant S.O. The principal issue under N.J.S.A. 2C:7-2 concerned the proper considerations under the “public safety prong” for evaluating a motion to terminate Megan’s Law and...
On May 27, 2025, the New Jersey Supreme Court decided the Passaic County case of M.A. v. J.H.M. The principal issue under N.J.S.A. 2C:25-29 concerned whether a trial court can draw an adverse inference from a defendant’s refusal to testify at a Final Restraining Order...