by Fred Sisto | Sep 15, 2015 | Blog, Criminal Law, Know Your Rights, Traffic Stops
If you are stopped by an officer in Ocean or Monmouth County and he/she asks if they can search your vehicle, do you know your rights? Do you know what happens next if you say no? Do you know if the officer has a right at any point to search your vehicle without...
by Fred Sisto | Sep 4, 2015 | Blog, Criminal Law, Traffic Stops
It happens to the best of us. You’re driving along, you seem to get lost in your thoughts and before you know it, you see bright flashing lights behind you, sometimes accompanied by the loud BLOOP-BLOOP – a police officer is pulling you over. You immediately...
by Fred Sisto | Jun 30, 2015 | Blog, Criminal Law, Legal Procedures
Hopefully you will never find yourself in this situation – but if you need to get out of jail after you have been arrested, then it is your right to know what to expect. Step 1: Booking After being placed under arrest, the suspect will be taken to the police...
by Fred Sisto | May 10, 2015 | Blog, Criminal Law, Warrants
This brings us to Alito’s dissent. He begins with some vague language that search warrants are “normally drafted by nonlawyers in the midst and haste of a criminal investigation” and cites to United States v. Ventresca, 380 U.S. 102, 108, 85 S.Ct....
by Fred Sisto | Apr 26, 2015 | Blog, Criminal Law, Interrogation, Know Your Rights, News
In Doe v. Groody, decided on March 19, 2004, the majority held that it was clearly established that unless a search warrant specifically incorporates a police officer’s sworn statement (the affidavit) made at the time that a warrant is requested, the scope of...
