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May 22, 2017 By Fred Sisto
EMTs & Official Misconduct: Part 1
In the case of State v. Brandon T. Morrison, decided on December 14, 2016, the New Jersey Supreme Court considered whether a volunteer emergency medical technician (EMT), working for a private, non-profit rescue squad that receives municipal funding to provide service in a township, is a “public servant” under the official-misconduct statute, N.J.S.A. 2C:30-2(a). Writing […]
Filed Under: Blog, Criminal Law, Legal Procedures, Monmouth County, Ocean County Tagged With: Official Misconduct
May 12, 2017 By Fred Sisto
The Importance of Remaining Silent After Arrest: Part 3
With respect to cross-examination of a defendant on factual inconsistencies between his testimony at trial and his pretrial statement, the Court has held that “it is not an infringement of a defendant’s right to remain silent for the State to point out differences in the defendant’s testimony at trial and his or her statements that […]
Filed Under: Blog, Criminal Law, Interrogation, Know Your Rights, Monmouth County, Ocean County Tagged With: Miranda Rights
May 10, 2017 By Fred Sisto
The Importance of Remaining Silent After Arrest: Part 2
When the trial resumed, defense counsel informed the court that the limiting instruction advised the jury that defendant’s silence could be used for impeachment purposes. Counsel requested a clarifying instruction to fix this error, which the trial court issued. This instruction was repeated, without objection, during the final jury charge. The jury found defendant guilty […]
May 2, 2017 By Fred Sisto
Issue Preclusion & Inconsistent Verdicts: Part 2
The issue-preclusion component of the Double Jeopardy Clause does not bar the Government from retrying defendants after a jury has returned irreconcilably inconsistent verdicts of conviction and acquittal and the convictions are later vacated for legal error unrelated to the inconsistency. (a) Because petitioners’ trial yielded incompatible jury verdicts, petitioners cannot establish that the jury […]
Filed Under: Blog, Criminal Law, Judge and Jury, Legal Procedures, Monmouth County, Ocean County Tagged With: Double Jeopardy
April 30, 2017 By Fred Sisto
Issue Preclusion & Inconsistent Verdicts: Part 1
On November 29, 2016, Justice Ginsburg wrote for a unanimous United State Supreme Court in the case of Juan bravo-Fernandez and Hector Martinez-Maldonado v. the United States. A jury convicted Bravo and Martínez of bribery (18 U.S.C. 666), simultaneously acquitting them of conspiring to and traveling in interstate commerce to violate section 666. The only […]
April 20, 2017 By Fred Sisto
Lesser Included Offenses: Part 3
The Moorer Court continued: In N.A., we followed the lead of State v. D.V. which ruled that a “prosecutor may select between a crime of the second degree under N.J.S.A. 2C:24-4(a) and a fourth degree offense under N.J.S.A. 9:6-3″ and that “the selection of the charge rests in the sound discretion of the prosecutor.” This […]
Filed Under: Blog, Criminal Law, Jail Time and Probation, Legal Procedures, Monmouth County, Ocean County Tagged With: Criminal Law
April 18, 2017 By Fred Sisto
Lesser Included Offenses: Part 2
The Moorer Court continued: Thus, a party seeking a lesser-included offense charge must show “(1) that the requested charge satisfies the definition of an included offense set forth in N.J.S.A. 2C:1-8d, and (2) that there is a rational basis in the evidence to support a charge on that included offense.” N.J.S.A. 2C:35-10(c) is not a […]
Filed Under: Blog, Criminal Law, Jail Time and Probation, Legal Procedures, Monmouth County, Ocean County Tagged With: Criminal Justice, Criminal Law
April 16, 2017 By Fred Sisto
Lesser Included Offenses: Part 1
In State v. Moorer, Docket No. a-2922-14 (App. Div. 2016), a Salem County case decided on December 29, 2016, the Appellate Division was called upon to interpret N.J.S.A. 2C:1-8, concerning permissible methods of prosecution when conduct constitutes more than one offense. The issue was whether a defendant on trial for possession of CDS was entitled […]
April 14, 2017 By Fred Sisto
Multiple Discretionary Extended Terms: Part 2
The New Jersey Supreme Court continued: Subsection (a) of N.J.S.A. 2C:44-5 provides that “not more than one sentence for an extended term shall be imposed.” Subsection b provides that, “when a defendant who has previously been sentenced to imprisonment is subsequently sentenced to another term for an offense committed prior to the former sentence (1) […]
Filed Under: Blog, Criminal Law, Legal Procedures, Monmouth County, Ocean County Tagged With: Criminal Law
April 12, 2017 By Fred Sisto
Multiple Discretionary Extended Terms: Part 1
On January 23, 2017, Justice Timpone wrote for a unanimous New Jersey Supreme Court in the case of State v. Rodney Bull. The central issue was whether State v. Hudson’s prohibiting a second discretionary extended-term for an offense committed before the first extended-term sentence should be applied retroactively. Bull was tried and convicted for a […]