By Charles Toutant | February 2, 2024
"Whether it should be or shouldn't be done differently is not up to the court," said Senate President Nicholas Scutari, a chief sponsor of the bill.
New Jersey Law Journal | Analysis
By The Law Journal Editorial Board | February 2, 2024
Why would an impermissibly suggestive identification procedure on the eve of trial be less pernicious than one occurring earlier in the case?
By Colleen Murphy | February 1, 2024
"I know he is exactly the right person to build consensus for reforms that will make our sentencing laws fairer and more equitable, and I want to thank Senate President Scutari and Speaker Coughlin for agreeing to designate Chris as the chair," Gov. Phil Murphy said.
By Colleen Murphy | January 25, 2024
"My actions have cost me my law practice, my reputation, my family's trust and respect, and have ruined me financially," Martin Martin David Eagan said at a hearing last week before the New Jersey Supreme Court.
By Colleen Murphy | January 18, 2024
Criminal matters seem to sew the most discord among the typically aligned justices, with rulings in criminal appeals making up four of the five decisions that have attracted dissents in recent months.
By Charles Toutant | January 10, 2024
"The indictment alleges the protected legislative activity itself, and seeks to draw an inference of illicit bribery by impugning the senator's motives for those acts. That is precisely what the Speech or Debate Clause forbids," the senator's motion to dismiss said.
By Amanda Bronstad | January 5, 2024
On Friday, U.S. District Judge Josephine Staton in Los Angeles unsealed her competency order, concluding that the arguments of Girardi's lawyers were "wholly lacking in credibility," and some evidence showed "no more than normal age-related decline."
By Colleen Murphy | December 26, 2023
"Defendants contend they were unduly prejudiced by these video playbacks, citing research indicating that slow-motion presentations can increase a viewer's perception or inferences of intentional conduct," stated Judge Jack M. Sabatino, in his written opinion for the court. "To date, there are no published New Jersey opinions that address the question."
By Colleen Murphy | December 18, 2023
"I can understand that people who are involved in low-level offenses, I don't believe that is a serious impact on jury decision-making," said Sen. Jon Bramnick. "But people involved in violent crimes, who have spent serious time in jail, and are still on probation or parole, I believe they lose the right to judge another defendant and whether that defendant is innocent or guilty."
By Charles Toutant | November 15, 2023
"We are unpersuaded by the public defender's argument that the protocol is unreliable because two DREs applying it to the same driver can reach different opinions. Such potential differences of opinion do not necessarily make a diagnostic standard unsound," Judge Jack Sabatino, temporarily assigned, wrote for the court.
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