by Fred Sisto | Feb 4, 2018 | Blog, Criminal Law, Drug Crime, New Jersey
In State v. Keyes, the Court held that a confidential informant’s tip could serve as the basis for issuing a warrant if there is “substantial evidence in the record to support the informant’s statements.” Although police could not observe the...
by Fred Sisto | Feb 2, 2018 | Blog, Criminal Law, Drug Crime, New Jersey
The New Jersey Supreme Court held that because the warrant affidavit failed to provide specific information as to why defendant’s apartment and not other units should be searched, the warrant application was deficient. The search-and-seizure provision in Article...
by Fred Sisto | Jan 30, 2018 | Blog, Criminal Law, Drug Crime, New Jersey
The trial court subsequently issued a warrant to search Boone, his residence, and his car. Police executed the search warrant on September 7, 2012, and found between one-half and five ounces of cocaine and an illegal handgun in Unit 4A. They then arrested defendant....
by Fred Sisto | Jan 29, 2018 | Blog, Drug Crime, New Jersey
On December 18, 2017, the New Jersey Supreme Court decided the case of State v. Akeem Boone. Justice Fernandez-Vina wrote for a unanimous Court. The principle issue was whether a warrant application that did not include evidence as to why a specific apartment unit...
by Fred Sisto | Dec 26, 2017 | Blog, Criminal Law, New Jersey
When the Legislature provided a statutory procedure to recover payment of fines, we declined to construe N.J.S.A. 2C:43-2(d) as conferring authority on a court to impose fines as a “civil penalty”, defendant was both convicted of and pleaded guilty to crimes...
