The Supreme Court announced that it has granted certification in State v. O'Donnell. The question presented, as phrased by the Supreme Court Clerk's office, is "Does N.J.S.A. 2C:27-2, which imposes...
Yesterday, while I was out of action, was the twelfth anniversary of this New Jersey Appellate Law blog. My thanks to the many judges, lawyers, students, and interested laypeople who...
As expected, on Monday of this week, while I was out of action, the full Senate confirmed Governor Murphy's two nominees to the Supreme Court. Judge Fasciale received a unanimous...
Today, and earlier this week, the Supreme Court announced that it had granted certification in five cases. Four are criminal appeals and one is a civil matter. The civil case...
This month's issue of New Jersey Lawyer magazine, coming soon to regular mailboxes of members of the New Jersey State Bar Association and already available to those members here, contains...
Malzberg v. Josey, 473 N.J. Super. 537 (App. Div. 2022). Here is how Judge Susswein's opinion for the Appellate Division in this case described the purely legal issue presented. "This...
The Supreme Court announced that it has granted review in three new cases. All of them are criminal matters. In one case, the Court granted leave to appeal. The other...
On September 12, Chief Justice Rabner issued an order that amendments to Rule 1:36-3, and a new Rule 8:9-6, both of which were attached to the order, would be effective...
The Supreme Court announced the first grants of review in the new Term. The Court took up five cases. Two of those are before the Court on leave to appeal...
State v. Alvarez, 473 N.J. Super. 448 (App. Div. 2022); State v. Chau, 473 N.J. Super. 430 (App. Div. 2022). These two opinions, issued today, were both authored by Judge...