by Fred Sisto | Jun 23, 2017 | Blog, Criminal Law, Know Your Rights, New Jersey
Here, the municipal court had jurisdiction to resolve defendant’s disorderly-persons charge pursuant to N.J.S.A. 2B:12-17, and failure to join does not automatically bar subsequent prosecution. For judicial efficiency and fairness to defendants, the Court urges...
by Fred Sisto | Jun 19, 2017 | Blog, Criminal Law, Know Your Rights, New Jersey
On May 16, 2017, Justice Timpone wrote for a majority of the New Jersey Supreme Court in the case of State v. Rodney Miles. The case presents another example of Governor Christie’s appointees moving our state courts in a more pro-police direction at the expense of our...
