by Fred Sisto | Nov 14, 2017 | Blog, New Jersey
A related new section addressing Domestic Violence offenses reads: 4.5.1 b Ontario Domestic Assault Risk Assessment Score of 3 or Higher In domestic violence cases that require completion of the ODARA, a law enforcement agency shall apply for a complaint-warrant when...
by Fred Sisto | Nov 10, 2017 | Blog, Criminal Law, New Jersey
The second change to the Attorney General’s Directive involved changing all references to the “Risk Assessment” tools to refer to them as “Public Safety Assessment” tools. This change is reminiscent of the “new speak” referenced in George Orwell’s famous novel, 1984....
by Fred Sisto | Nov 8, 2017 | Blog, Criminal Law, New Jersey
On September 28, 2017, the New Jersey Attorney General issued a revised Directive regarding how police and prosecutors are to handle cases in the wake of this past year’s criminal justice reforms. Predictably, the Attorney General’s policy changes are geared towards...
by Fred Sisto | Oct 3, 2017 | Blog, Criminal Law, Interrogation, Monmouth County, Ocean County
If that much is true, the inquiry turns to the prospect that such an investigation would have borne disqualifying fruit. The Government need not show definitively that its investigation would have unearthed a disqualifying fact. It need only establish that the...
by Fred Sisto | Oct 1, 2017 | Blog, Criminal Law, Interrogation, Monmouth County, Ocean County
The statute Congress passed, most naturally read, strips a person of citizenship not when she committed any illegal act during the naturalization process, but only when that act played some role in her naturalization. When the underlying illegality alleged in a...
