by Fred Sisto | Sep 29, 2017 | Blog, Criminal Law, Interrogation, Monmouth County, Ocean County
Justice Kagan, writing for a six-justice majority, held that the text of §1425(a) makes clear that, to secure a conviction, the Government must establish that the defendant’s illegal act played a role in her acquisition of citizenship. The pro-prosecutor wing of the...
by Fred Sisto | Sep 27, 2017 | Blog, Criminal Law, Interrogation, Monmouth County, Ocean County
On June 22, 2017, the United States Supreme Court decided the case of Maslenjak v. United States. Petitioner Divna Maslenjak is an ethnic Serb who resided in Bosnia during the 1990’s, when a civil war divided the new country. In 1998, she and her family sought...
by Fred Sisto | Sep 25, 2017 | Blog, Criminal Law, Know Your Rights, Warrants
On August 31, 2017, a three judge Appellate panel decided the case of State v. Joshua Nicholson. The panel included former Monmouth County Criminal Presiding Judge Francis Vernoia. A principle issue in the case was whether taking a picture of a woman up her skirt...
by Fred Sisto | Sep 21, 2017 | Blog, Criminal Law, Laws Protecting Children, Monmouth County, Ocean County
“N.J.S.A. 2C:24-4. Endangering Welfare of Children” was amended as well. The first change involved a broadening of the definition of “Item depicting the sexual exploitation or abuse of a child.” The definition now includes “a photograph, film, video, an...
by Fred Sisto | Sep 19, 2017 | Blog, Criminal Law, Laws Protecting Children, Monmouth County, Ocean County
Notwithstanding the provisions of N.J.S.A. 2C:1-8, a conviction of leader of a child pornography network shall not merge with the conviction for any offense which is the object of the conspiracy, nor shall the other conviction merge with a conviction under this...