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...
For the last few days, this blog had been infected with spam posts, on subjects that this blog would normally not discuss, in languages other than English, and/or with more...
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...
In separate hearings yesterday, the Senate Judiciary Committee voted to advance Governor Murphy's nominations of Judge Fasciale and Rachel Wainer Apter to the Supreme Court. They would fill the seats...
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...
Three of President Biden's nominees for Third Circuit seats advanced yesterday. One crossed the finish line and achieved confirmation by the Senate, while two others cleared the Senate Judiciary Committee....
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...