Florida is a party to the Interstate Driver’s Compact. This means that if you are a licensed (driver) in FL, any motor vehicle traffic summons, violations, tickets, etc. you receive in New Jersey will potentially transfer to FL if you are convicted. Additionally, although New Jersey may assess a certain…
I am presently defending a client who is charged with his fourth DWI offense. His third offense occurred in 1992. As a third or subsequent driving while intoxicated defendant, he would normally be facing a mandatory 180 county jail sentence. The facts of the DWI arrest are fairly straight forward.…
In a recent article published in the Star-Ledger, a study was presented showing that New Jersey is more likely to deport non-criminal illegal immigrants than any other state. Typically speaking, I am advocating on behalf of those people who are not citizens and have been convicted of a criminal offense.…
If you have been researching second offense DWI penalties in New Jersey, I am sure it is clear at this point that if you are convicted as a second offender, you face a mandatory 2 year loss of license in New Jersey. I represented a client charged with his second…
Possession of CDS in a Motor Vehicle is a New Jersey traffic violation that carries with it extraordinarily harsh penalties upon conviction. Most notable, there is a mandatory 2 year loss of license if convicted of violating NJSA 2C:39:4-49.1. I am a Newark NJ lawyer who has successfully defended clients…
I am representing a client in an Essex County Municipal court who is charged with domestic violence related simple assault. There are cross-complaints between my client and my client’s spouse, each charging the other with DV assault. In many cases such as these, the parties go through a cooling down…
During the course of the last several months, there have been important U.S. Supreme Court case law decisions regarding the rights of non-citizen criminal defendants pleading guilty to criminal offenses. In many cases, a non-citizen pleading guilty to a criminal charge has no clue that deportation may be a consequence…
In a case captioned State v Federico, the NJ Appellate Division held that a defendant convicted of a DWI offense and multiple other traffic offenses may not be sentenced to more than 180 days in county jail. The court reasoned that it has been the long standing policy to cap…
First, you may hear attorneys talk about discovery. Discovery is what any experienced attorney will request from the State during the trial preparation phase of a DWI matter. Discovery consist of many different items. My discovery demand consists of about thirty different items, including police reports, videos recordings, Alcotest instrument…
On an ongoing basis, I am going to start posting examples of outcomes of cases I handle in the Newark Municipal Court. I am a Newark Attorney who represents many clients each year in the Newark Municipal and I get results. Getting great results for my clients is not just…