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By thelegalintelligencer | The Legal Intelligencer | June 16, 2017
Trial court did not err in overruling appellant's objection to the prosecution's opening statement, in appellant's trial for abuse of a corpse, because the statement did not invite the jury to step into the shoes of the deceased's family, the trial court properly admitted color photographs of the body since they were relevant, not inflammatory and critical and appellant waived his discretionary aspects of sentencing claim. Affirmed.
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By thelegalintelligencer | The Legal Intelligencer | June 16, 2017
Appellee was properly convicted of DUI after she was stopped at a sobriety checkpoint conducted by officers from multiple municipalities because, although the failure to comply with the ICA meant that the checkpoint was illegally constituted, the ICA and MPJA could be applied concurrently, the roadblock was a valid exercise of authority under §8953(a)(3) of the MPJA and the arresting officer had probable cause to arrest her for suspected DUI. Affirmed.
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By thelegalintelligencer | The Legal Intelligencer | June 16, 2017
While juveniles are less culpable for criminal behavior than adults, the Superior Court declined to expand the categories of punishment prohibited for juveniles based upon diminished culpability in this case involving several serious crimes. The appellate court affirmed defendant's judgment of sentence.
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By thelegalintelligencer | The Legal Intelligencer | June 16, 2017
Designer drug provision of controlled substance act not unconstitutionally void-for-vagueness with respect to the "substantially similar" requirement, where average person would understand scope of "substantially similar," and additional scienter requirement of provision alleviated additional vagueness concerns. Order of the trial court affirmed in part and reversed in part.
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By njlawjournal | New Jersey Law Journal | June 15, 2017
Trial Court Erroneously Precluded Defense Evaluation of Victim's Intellectual Capacity
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By njlawjournal | New Jersey Law Journal | June 15, 2017
Jury Charge Erroneous Where It Failed to Properly Instruct as to Limit of Right to Possess Weapon for Self-Defense
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By njlawjournal | New Jersey Law Journal | June 15, 2017
Police Improperly Subjected Defendant to Investigatory Detention by Blocking in Her Vehicle, without Articulable Reasonable Suspicion
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By David Gialanella | June 15, 2017
A disbarred New Jersey lawyer accused of helping himself to large sums of client funds has succeeded in defeating one of the most serious charges against him—and in the process prompted an appeals court to shed some light on how the money laundering statute applies to attorney account misuse.
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By Greg Land | June 15, 2017
The Georgia Court of Appeals has revived felony false-imprisonment charges against a former Fulton County sheriff's deputy who allegedly restrained and groped two women and exposed himself while on duty at the county courthouse.
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By ROBERT STORACE | June 14, 2017
An expert on DUI law in Connecticut, James O. Ruane has been an early adopter of the latest technology in defending Connecticut residents in DUI cases since 1988.
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