News and Updates
Our New Jersey Judges Have Constitutional Rights
The charges against Superior Court Judge Raymond Redden and Municipal Court Judge Gerald Keegan are unfounded and if the Supreme Court accepts the recommendations of the Disciplinary Review Board our Judges will be forced not to attend any religious functions or meetings in which the participates share in a common table.
New Jersey Supreme Court Affirms Right of Defense Counsel to Examine Alleged Crime Scene
On September 24, 2014, the New Jersey Supreme Court in State in the Interest of A.B., affirmed the trial court in allowing defense counsel to examine and take photographs of the victim’s home where it was alleged that a sexual assault occurred.
New Jersey Now Requires All Police Departments to Have Dashboard, or Dash-Cam MVR Tapes Installed in All Patrol Vehicles
September 11, 2014, finally Governor Christi signed the Dash-Cam law which will require all New Jersey police departments to install these devices in their patrol vehicles.
New Jersey Appellate Court Gives a Brake to Unlicensed New Jersey Drivers Caught Driving Without a Driver’s License
On August 11, 2014, the New Jersey Appellate Division held in State v. Armando Carreon that any person convicted of being an unlicensed driver while driving can only be sentenced to a jail sentence or fine but not both.
Don’t Plea to a Sandy Hook Beach Lewdness Charge Without Consulting with an Experienced Sandy Hook Criminal Defense Attorney
The collateral consequences of pleading guilty to a lewdness offense can be significant.
New Jersey Supreme Court Holds that the Search of Defendant Sitting Inside his Automobile Five or Six Houses Away was Unlawful Since the Search Warrant was for the Home and not his Automobile
In another defense victory the Supreme Court ruled that a search warrant being executed of a suspect’s home does not authorize the police to conduct a search of the suspect’s vehicle parked some distance away from the house.
Gun Suppressed on Motion to Suppress when Cops Pull Motorist Over for Allegedly Failing to Dim High Beam Lights
N.J.S.A. 39:3-60 requires that any motor vehicle being driven at night on the road must dim its high beam lights upon the approach of oncoming vehicles.
New Jersey Criminal Defense Attorney Alert From the Law Office of Vincent J. Sanzone, Jr.
Any incarcerated defendant who is serving an extended term based on the prosecutor filing an extended term application based on a second conviction for intent to distribute within 500 feet of public housing must file PCR to have extended term rescinded.
Promises by Law Enforcement for Leniency Leads to a Remand for Evidentiary Hearing
Defendant, Carl Hreha, asserted that he waived his Miranda rights and confessed to a crime because the arresting State Police detectives had made promises of leniency to him, thus making his confession not knowingly or voluntary.
New Jersey Criminal Defense Lawyer Client Recommendation
All attorneys appreciate letters from clients attesting to the Attorney’s skill and dedication.
Jail Credits-Department of Corrections Failure to Lodge Detainer for Out-of-Court Sentence for New Jersey Sentence
The New Jersey Department of Corrections routinely decides that all out-of-court sentences that are being served out-of-state must run consecutive unless ordered otherwise by the courts.
Appellate Court Reverses Child Sexual Assault Conviction When Trial Court Fails to Properly Question Child As To Whether She Understood the Difference between a Truth and a Lie
The Appellate Division on April 22, 2014, in an unpublished opinion, State v. Bueso, reverses a Union County jury verdict find the defendant guilty of first degree sexual assault.