by Fred Sisto | Jul 5, 2023 | Blog, Criminal Law, Monmouth County, New Jersey, Ocean County
On January 17, 2023, Administrative Directive 01-23 was issued. It promulgates a revised list of legal rejection codes used in eCourts for Recovery Court. The updated list limits the reasons for rejection from admission into the program to those specifically set forth...
by Fred Sisto | Jul 3, 2023 | Blog, Criminal Law, Monmouth County, New Jersey, Ocean County
The New Jersey Supreme Court concluded with the following in relevant part: Appellate courts during the appellate review process are better suited than trial courts conducting charge conferences to determine whether evidence is “jumping off the page” of...
by Fred Sisto | Jul 1, 2023 | Blog, Criminal Law, Monmouth County, New Jersey, Ocean County
The Supreme Court continued in relevant part: The Appellate Division’s proposed rule also aimed to ensure that the relevant standard would be applied initially by the trial court, not “an appellate court reviewing a cold record.” But as the Appellate...
by Fred Sisto | Jun 29, 2023 | Blog, Criminal Law, Monmouth County, New Jersey, Ocean County
The New Jersey Supreme Court continued in relevant part: The Appellate Division reasoned that the new procedural rule was essential “to avoid whenever possible the need to reverse an otherwise valid jury verdict” when the failure to instruct the jury sua...
by Fred Sisto | Jun 27, 2023 | Blog, Criminal Law, Monmouth County, New Jersey, Ocean County
On January 11, 2023, the New Jersey Supreme decided the Camden County case of State v. Timothy Canfield. The principal issue before the Court under N.J.S.A. 2C:1-8 concerned a proposed rule requiring trial courts to consider a passion/provocation manslaughter jury...