After years of stalling the Newark Police Department (NPD) has finally agreed to place dashboard cameras (or as commonly known, MVR’s), mobile vehicle recording cameras in some of its 400 police cruisers.

A philosopher once wrote that the only true test of any law is whether it manifests itself in the giving of justice.

It is often asked of me by prospective clients and young attorneys what is the secret of your success and how do you obtain such a large number of cases being dismissed, extremely favorable plea agreements, and jury acquittals for the cases that ultimately go to trial.

The balance of powers between our legislative, executive and judicial branches of government is increasingly shifting to the power of the executive branch of government.

Similar to federal law it is unlawful for anyone to give a false statement to a State law enforcement officer or a civil State investigator assigned to the Office of the Insurance Fraud Prosecutor’s Office, with the purpose of hindering the detention, apprehension, investigation, prosecution, conviction or punishment of another, or him or herself, N.J.S.A. 2C:29-3a(7) and N.J.S.A. 2C:29-3b.(4).

Bergen County Indictment 01-05-01315-I charged the defendant with 2nd degree eluding of a police officer, N.J.S.A. 2C:29-2b. Defendant plead not guilty to this charge and a trial was held…

On August 24, 2011, two cases that will have national implications, the New Jersey Supreme Court in the cases, State v. Larry R. Henderson, and State v. Cecelia X. Chen, held that eyewitness identification is inherently unreliable, and the court issued sweeping reforms to protect defendants from wrongful convictions.

In one of my recent cases a young (pusher-addict) defendant was charged with distribution of heroin to his friend who overdosed and died.

One of the most overlooked areas in trying a criminal case is the jury instructions that the jurors will receive by the trial judge at the end of the case.

Most defendants do not learn of the draconian conditions and requirements of the community-supervision for life (or life time parole) which are mandatory for all defendants convicted of a sexual offense in New Jersey, pursuant to N.J.S.A. 2C:43-6.4.

The North Carolina State Bureau of Investigation Crime Lab (NCSBI) was exposed in being complicit in the submission of numerous false lab reports resulting in a number of defendants being unjustly and falsely convicted of crimes which they did not commit.

One of law enforcements dirty kept secrets which very rarely see the day of light is the use of confidential informants.