When someone fails to provide reasonable assistance to an injured victim or leaves the scene without giving aid, they can face criminal charges for endangering an injured victim under New Jersey law. If you’ve been charged with endangering an injured victim in New Jersey, you’re facing serious consequences that require…
When people ask, “What is New Jersey’s three strikes law?“ the answer is that it is one of the harshest sentencing statutes in the state. Under this law, repeat offenders who commit certain violent crimes can face life in prison without the possibility of parole. At the Law Offices of…
In criminal law, one of the most fundamental principles is that a person should not be convicted of a crime unless they committed a voluntary act or, in limited circumstances, failed to act when they had a legal duty to do so. This principle, known as the requirement of voluntary…
Most people know that they have Constitutional rights in criminal investigations and cases, even if they don’t know exactly what they are. One of these protections, the “fruit of the poisonous tree” doctrine, can significantly affect a criminal proceeding. So what is the fruit of the poisonous tree doctrine? If…
You don’t plan your semester around court dates, yet one citation or arrest can put you in two systems at once: your campus conduct process and the criminal courts. New Jersey colleges sit inside a dense legal framework, so even minor missteps can ripple through your academic standing, aid, housing,…
