by Fred Sisto | Feb 19, 2016 | Blog, Criminal Law, Know Your Rights
The best attorneys still use a conditional discharge or dismissal as a last resort, as opposed to an easy first resort. This is because contesting motions or a trial in municipal court can lead to a downgrading or dismissal of the charges without having to use a...
by Fred Sisto | Feb 17, 2016 | Blog, Criminal Law, Know Your Rights
There are numerous pitfalls to hiring a lawyer based strictly on the lowest price. This applies to serious felony cases handled at the superior court level, as well as municipal court offenses. It is important to keep in mind that even municipal court offenses can...
by Fred Sisto | Feb 15, 2016 | Blog, Criminal Law, News
The PTI appeal, while labor-intensive, is the defendant’s first opportunity to not only point out their own positive attributes, but to also point to the alleged facts of their cases that support admission. It is very effective to use the state’s own...
by Fred Sisto | Feb 13, 2016 | Blog, Criminal Law, News
While the plain language of our criminal code does not distinguish between theses two very different types of “distribution”, the unique features of a PTI applicant’s case must be considered. See Nwobu, at 255 (holding that PTI decisions are primarily...
by Fred Sisto | Feb 11, 2016 | Blog, Criminal Law, News
To apply Guideline 3(i) and the long out-dated narcotics scheduling of marijuana under these circumstances (mentioned in part 3 of this blog) would lead to an absurd result. The narcotics schedules were published in 1970. See N.J.S.A 24:21-1 et seq. In 1972, a...