Expungement is available for people who have less than three disorderly person’s convictions and less than one crime on their record....
In terms of the procedures that an individual should follow when they’re arrested, it’s difficult to give you any black and white...
If you’re arrested on a serious offense you’ll appear in Superior Court and they’ll hand you a form called PTI, and you’ll...
Grand juries are a panel of lay people who basically make a determination as to whether or not someone’s gonna get indicted of a crime....
Domestic Violence in NJ The law in New Jersey takes incidents of domestic violence very seriously. Charges that are typically filed rising...
Theft crimes are crimes where one individual is alleged to have stolen or taken exercised control over property of another where they didn’t...
Criminal Defense Attorney A Criminal Defense Attorney is an individual concentrates his practice and representing individuals alleged to...
Terms of restraining order Once a restraining order is put in place in New Jersey, it prevents the party is to defendant to the restraining...
Prescription and Street Drugs A legal drugs include both prescription drugs and street drugs. What do I mean when I refer to street drugs?...
Warrentless Search What are the most frequent issues that arise in my criminal practice is the issue of warrantless searches. Typically,...
Drug Crimes A Drug Crime is an offense that involves some type of drugs or narcotics. It could be a distribution charge; it could be a...
I see most of the time in the Municipal Court minor drug offenses, that is possession of under 50 grams of marijuana and sometimes you’ll see...
If you’re arrested on a criminal charge, number one, you should cooperate with the police. Don’t give them a hard time. By that I mean...
Grand Jury It is important to understand that in most grand jury situations, the grand juries are making a determination simply based on...
Restraining Order Often times people consult me regarding restraining orders. Restraining order is a order from the court or issued to be a...
Drug Trafficking or Drug Distribution Drug Trafficking or Drug distribution refers to individuals who are basically the sellers of drugs or...
In New Jersey if you do not seriously injure somebody in an assault it is considered simple assault. For instance the penalty for simple assault is...
Bail is something that is imposed on you to make sure that you return to court. Basically if you’re charged with an offense and you have no...
Juvenile Juveniles who have been charged with a criminal offense have their cases heard in Family Court, not Criminal Court. In New Jersey,...
Bail is a condition imposed by the Court to insure that you return to Court. For instance, if you’re charged with a disorderly person offense...
Assault and Battery Let’s talk about Assault and Battery. Assault and Battery generally describes an offense where it’s alleged...
Probable Cause The concept that often comes about in a case is the concept of probable cause. That is, was there a reasonable basis for the...
Criminal Law Expungement The law in New Jersey allows for expungement as well as post conviction relief with respect to certain...
The term fiduciary responsibility refers to the responsibility that an individual will have when there’s a special relationship between two...
Okay. An indictment is returned by a grand jury. A grand jury is 23 members. If a majority find that you violated the law, they’ll return an...
If you get admitted into a PTI program or pretrial admission, once the prosecutor and the probation department have submitted that recommendation...
In New Jersey, sentencing largely is tied to the degree of offense that the individual is charged or ultimately convicted of. There’s...
If I have one piece of advice for clients or perspective clients the advice is this. Always, always have an attorney assisting you with...
The most important thing, I can’t stress it any more, that a person needs to do when they get arrested is to keep their mouth shut. I...
White collar crime is nonviolent offenses typically committed by individuals who have some fiduciary obligation or are entrusted with typically...
In the criminal law, legislature is set up -- penalties...
Resisting Arrest It’s frequently the case when I represent an individual charged with a parry disorderly, person’s offense or...
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