State v. Jones, ___ N.J. Super. ___ (App. Div. 2025). Recovery Court, formerly known as Drug Court, is a diversionary program involving intensive supervision and other techniques intended to lead to an ultimate expungement of criminal convictions in many cases. Judge Natali's opinion for the Appellate Division in this case today addressed one aspect of the criteria for admission to Recovery Court....
While many took advantage of the fact that July 4 fell on Thursday of last week to close early on July 3 and/or remain closed on July 5, the Appellate...
While the Supreme Court has been quiet since it handed down this decision, the Appellate Division has issued six published opinions during the recent period. Here are summaries of those...
The last several days have seen some interesting published opinions by the Appellate Division. Here are summaries of three of them: Petro v. Platkin, 472 N.J. Super. 536 (App. Div....
State v. Scudieri, ___ N.J. Super. ___ (App. Div. 2021). Whether statutory amendments apply retroactively or prospectively is a recurring issue in the courts. This opinion by Judge Natali addresses...
State v. Anderson, 463 N.J. Super. 168 (App. Div. 2020). Defendant, formerly employed by the Jersey City Tax Assessor's office, pled guilty to a federal criminal charge of interference with...
The Appellate Division Elaborates on the Crowe v. DeGioia Standard for Preliminary Injunctive Relief
Yesterday, in an Order authored by Judge Natali, for himself and Judge Messano, the Appellate Division overturned a preliminary injunction against operation of the New Jersey Medical Aid in Dying...
Cameron v. South Jersey Pubs, Inc., 460 N.J. Super. 156 (App. Div. 2019). As discussed here, in Dugan v. TGI Friday's, Inc., 231 N.J. 24 (2017), the Supreme Court rendered...
The Annual Report of the New Jersey Courts for the court year 2017-18 has been published and is available here. The Report is full of useful information about the judiciary...
Chief Justice Rabner has issued the General Assignment Order for 2018-19. It is available here. The Appellate Division lineup again features Judge Messano as Presiding Judge for Administration and Judge...