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). ...
Malanga v. Township of West Orange, ___ N.J. ___ (2023). The Local Redevelopment and Housing Law, N.J.S.A. 40A:12A-1 et seq. (“LHRL”), allows a municipality to declare a property “in need ...
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, ...
Pfannenstein v. Surrey, ___ N.J. Super. ___ (App. Div. 2023). At least since Buck v. Henry, 207 N.J> 377 (2011), and Nicholas v. Mynster, 216 N.J. 463 (2013), New Jersey’s ...
Castano v. Augustine, ___ N.J. Super. ___ (App. Div. 2023). N.J.S.A. 39:6A-4.5(b), enacted as part of the reform of New Jersey’s automobile insurance system, states: “Any person who is convicted ...
This follows up on yesterday’s post about the second half of February in the Supreme Court. Here are summaries of some of the Appellate Division’s published opinions issued in the ...
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. ...
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 ...
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 ...