The Supreme Court announced that it has granted review in two more cases. One of those is before the Court on a grant of leave to appeal, while the Court ...
State v. Higginbotham, ___ N.J. Super. ___ (App. Div. 2023); In re Appeal of Denial of M.U.’s Application for a Handgun Purchase Permit, ___ N.J. Super. ___ (App. Div. 2023). ...
Supreme Court grants of certification far outnumber grants of leave to appeal. But not this time. The Supreme Court announced two grants of leave to appeal, both in criminal cases, ...
State v. Smart, ___ N.J. ___ (2023). As Justice Fasciale discussed in great detail in his opinion today for a unanimous (5-0, with Justice Solomon and Judge Sabatino not participating) ...
Preparation for a big Appellate Division argument at the end of February limited my ability to post for a period of time. But our courts were busy during that time. ...
The Supreme Court announced that it has granted review in State v. Washington. The question presented, as phrased by the Supreme Court Clerk’s office, is “Did the prosecutor’s pretrial preparation ...
State v. Scott, ___ N.J. Super. ___ (App. Div. 2023). This was a typically thorough and scholarly opinion by Judge Susswein. It is well worth reading in full. But because ...
State v. Hill, ___ N.J. Super. ___ (App. Div. 2023). Defendant was convicted of carjacking and witness tampering. After the female victim of the carjacking identified defendant to police from ...
The “balancing of interests” often finds its way into judicial opinions. That is especially so in difficult cases. Two opinions issued today, one by the Supreme Court and one by ...
State v. Coviello, ___ N.J. ___ (2023). Judge Sabatino’s unanimous opinion in this case began by posing the “narrow jurisdictional question” before the Court as “When a portion of a ...