State v. Kearney, 479 N.J. Super. 539 (App. Div. 2024). This appeal was from the denial of post-conviction relief. Defendant had been convicted of murder and other offenses. He raised...

The Supreme Court announced today that it has granted review in two appeals. They are the first grants of review of the current Term. One involves a grant of leave...

In light of the recent policy change that calls for the posting online of briefs filed in Appellate Division appeals that will be orally argued, this blog will sometimes report...

Today is the first day of the 2024-25 Court term. No Supreme Court opinions, and no published Appellate Division decisions, were issued. That is not unusual for the beginning of...

Justice James H. Coleman, Jr., the first Black Justice to sit on the Supreme Court of New Jersey, died on August 5 at age 91. This post is very late,...

State v. Morgan, ___ N.J. Super. ___ (App. Div. 2024). As discussed here, the Appellate Division issued a published opinion in this case. As a reminder, that ruling addressed "a...

State v. Barclay, 479 N.J. Super. 451 (App. Div. 2024); State v. Wildgoose, 479 N.J. Super. 331 (App. Div. 2024). Judge Susswein seems often to write published opinions in criminal...

While this blog was on an early August break, the Supreme Court was busy, issuing five opinions. Here are summaries: Delaware River Joint Toll Bridge Comm'n v. George Harms Construction...

The final two days of July saw one Supreme Court opinion and two published opinions by the Appellate Division. Here are summaries: New Jersey Division of Child Protection & Permanency...

The Supreme Court announced that it has granted certification in M.R. v. Department of Corrections. The question presented, as phrased by the Supreme Court Clerk's office, is "Under the Compassionate...