Blog: Criminal Law

Mount Holly Criminal Lawyer: Gun Charges Dropped Against Cumberland County Man A retired Cumberland County school teacher has garnished much attention after being in possession of an antique Flintlock gun during a motor vehicle stop.  He was an avid collector of gun memorabilia, who had just purchased the antique weapon from a pawn shop and […]

Mount Holly Criminal Lawyer Discusses “Ban the Box” Law and Effect of Criminal Convictions on Employment For decades, virtually every employment application included the common question, “Have you ever been convicted of a crime?”  It did not matter if it was a misdemeanor or perhaps a more serious offense that resulted in spending time in […]

Mount Holly Criminal Lawyer Discusses Juvenile Weapons Possession All states throughout the country have their own specific gun control laws that coincide with a set of penalties. Although restrictions differ in each state, it is common to prohibit the purchase of certain types of weapons, as well as forbid them in certain locations. These statutes […]

Mount Holly Criminal Lawyer: New Jersey Crime Rates Down, Murder Up New Jersey recently released their Uniform Criminal Report citing the state’s overall crime rate has fallen by seven percent in 2013, and the downward trend has continued through 2014.  However, the rate for violent crimes, such as murder, has remained nearly the same, decreasing […]

Haddonfield Criminal Lawyer: Charging Juveniles as Adults A recent murder is renewing the debate over the ability of prosecutors to charge juveniles as adults. On October 3, 2015, an 11 year-old boy shot and killed an eight year-old White Pine, Tennessee girl after she allegedly refused his request to play with her puppy. The District […]

Haddonfield Criminal Lawyer Discusses the Constitutionality of Retroactivity When Laws Change In 1963, a 17 year-old African American male from Louisiana was convicted and sentenced to death for the killing of a white police officer. Six years later, the conviction was reversed due to racial tensions surrounding the case. As a result, the man was […]

Mount Holly Criminal Lawyer Discusses a New Jersey False Arrest Case A former vice principal of a Runnemede, New Jersey high school has sued the Camden County Prosecutor’s office for false arrest and wrongful imprisonment. The VP, the school’s principal and three male teachers were charged with crimes relating to a charge of covering up […]

Haddonfield Criminal Lawyers Discuss Bill That Will Restrict the Use of Aerial Drones New Jersey lawmakers have advanced a package of three bills that will restrict the use of aerial drones within the state. Drone owners will be required to register their devices in a national database and could face criminal charges if the new […]

Haddonfield Criminal Lawyer Discusses the NJ Three Strikes Law In order to keep persistent offenders off the streets, many states have enacted what are known as “Three Strikes and You’re Out” laws or habitual offender laws. In states that have enacted these laws, anyone who is convicted of three felonies can receive a prison sentence […]

Haddonfield Criminal Lawyer: Fairmount Park Couple Killed in “Crime of Passion” Two people were shot and killed in Fairmount Park in November in what is being called a “crime of passion” by police. The two people who were found dead at the scene, a man and a woman who were in a relationship, were also […]