Child Neglect Jersey City, New Jersey

Jersey City, New Jersey – Some of the most common charges in the New Jersey courts relate to child neglect, child abuse and child endangerment. Partially this is because there are so many ways these issues can make it into the courts, partially because there are so many people and...

Jersey City, New Jersey – Scientific, or seemingly scientific, evidence is often the most damning and dangerous evidence presented against a defendant at trial. The impact of scientific evidence, such as fingerprints and DNA, is so strong it has a name: The CSI Effect, which is a reference to the...

Jersey City, New Jersey – On April 6, 2020, the United States Supreme Court decided Kansas v. Glover, in which the Court held a police officer may stop a motor vehicle if s/he runs the license plate and the registered owner of the vehicle’s driving privileges are revoked unless the...

Elizabeth, New Jersey – On April 1, 2020 the New Jersey Supreme Court decided State v. Mark Jackson and State v. Jamie Monroe. Both defendants made recorded phone calls from county jails and the State used those recordings in the prosecutions. The trials courts both suppressed the evidence, but the...

Jersey City, New Jersey – On March 31, 2020, the Board of Immigration Appeals (“The Board” or “the BIA”) decided Matter of J-J-G holding that when evaluating the exceptional and extremely unusual hardship element of cancellation of removal, an applicant seeking to establish the hardship based on a qualifying relative’s...