Saturday, October 27, 2018

Top 20 Municipal Court Cases and Criminal cases in the past year the Foundation of the Municipal Court Attorney’s Arsenal

Top 20 Municipal Court Cases and Criminal cases in the past year
  the Foundation of the Municipal Court Attorney’s Arsenal
   
Wednesday, December 12, 2018 Noon-1:40pm
NJ Bar NJICLE webinar

Featuring:
Kenneth A. Vercammen, Esq.
Certified by the Supreme Court of New Jersey as a Municipal Court Law Attorney
Past Chair, NJSBA Municipal Court Practice Section
Past NJSBA Municipal Court Practitioner of the Year

Francis M. Womack, III, Esq.
Municipal Court Prosecutor Edison, Piscataway and Sayreville, Carteret
Law Offices of Francis M. Womack (Iselin)
Mayor- North Brunswick

David R. Spevack, Esq.
Municipal Court Prosecutor Edison and Woodbridge, Carteret
 Governor Murphy  Transition Team representative from Hispanic Bar Association

Donovan Bezer, Esq.
Municipal Court Prosecutor Metuchen, Jersey City

Chirag Mehta, Esq.
Municipal Court Prosecutor Irvington, Alternate Prosecutor Edison, North Brunswick and Morris Plains

                  
Do you know that there were over twentyNew Jersey decisions in 2018 alone that should be at your fingertips when you enter a Municipal Court in New Jersey? 

These cases deal with major issues confronting municipal court law practitioners in this state. Without a complete understanding of what these cases involve, you could be at a serious disadvantage when you bring your next municipal court matter to court. Don’t miss this opportunity to benefit from the expertise and experience of five of the state’s leading municipal court law practitioners as they analyze this year’s leading municipal court law cases.

Join us for a convenient luncheon webinar and become familiar with the newest key municipal court law cases that should be part of your legal arsenal, whether you are a municipal court prosecutor or defense attorney. 
·     Search and seizure
·     Assault
·     Disorderly person offenses
·     Domestic violence
·     DWI
o  Alcotest
o  Refusal
o  Blood test
o  Repeat offender
      …and more




Discussion to include cases involving:
Top Municipal Court and Traffic Cases
 • Municipal Court can stay DL suspension after DWI if appeal
   State v. Robertson
 228 NJ 138 (2017)
 • School Zone map admissible if properly authenticated State v. Wilson 
   NJ 34 (2017)
 • Defendant’s furtive movement after car stop justified removal of
   Passenger 
State v. Bacome
 • Not criminal harassment to publish rude flyers State v. Burkert 231
   N.J. 257 (2017) 
 • Plain feel of bulge of rock cocaine permitted search
   State v Evans
 __ NJ ____ (2018) 
 • Ordinary police video not subject to OPRA Paff v. Ocean County
  Prosecutor’s Office 
 • Dash cam video in fatal shooting public record
  
 North Jersey Media Group, Inc. v. Township of Lyndhurst
 • Here if DWI plea vacated with PCR, no criminal DWS State v Faison
   (App. Div 2017)
 • DNA on towel not admissible without proper foundation and chain of
   custody 
State v Mauti 208 NJ 519 (2017)
 • No good faith exception for errors in search warrant of apartment 
   State v Boone __ NJ 
__ (2017) 
 • Mandatory DNA samples in serious Municipal court criminal
 • New Criminal rules effective Jan 1, 2017
   No more cash bail. Everyone with a Warrant gets to spend at least one
   night in jail !!!
 • Updated Expungement Law changes procedures for expunging
   criminal records signed in 2017 taking effective October 1, 2018
 • Warrantless blood draw permitted in fatal accident based on
   exigency. 
State v. Zalcberg 232 N.J. 335 (2018).
 • Police could not stop for only one broken taillight
   State v. Sutherland
 231 NJ 429 (2018)
 • Hearsay is generally admissible in a VOP hearing
   State v. Mosley
 (App. Div. 2018)
 • Police have duty to preserve video and evidence
   
State v Richardson 452 N.J. Super 124 (App. Div. 2017)
 • Evidence suppressed where no valid inventory search. State v.
   Hummel
 232 N.J. 196 (2018).
 • Driver’s failure to provide registration here permitted limited search. 
   State v. Terry
 232 N.J. 218 (2018).
 • Consent to search voluntarily given here. State v. Hagans 233 N.J. 30
   (2018). 
 • No weekend jail for third offender DWIs, must serve straight time
   State v. Anicama 
 • Driver can be charged with criminal driving while suspended if they
   had prior refusal and prior DWI 
State v Dougherty
 • Later obtained search warrant does not correct prior illegal
   warrantless search. 
State v. Atwood 232 N.J. 433 (2018).


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