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The New Jersey Supreme Court made an important ruling recently about the need for non-English speaking DWI offenders to understand the process of a breath test and potential repercussions for refusing it. Previously, there was no requirement for officers to translate or even try to deliver an understandable summary of the laws. Now, that has changed. Continue reading N.J. Court Considers Spanish Speaking DWI Suspects In a move unmatched by any other state, the Supreme Court of New Jersey has looked at piles of scientific evidence concerning the reliability of eyewitness testimony and developed procedures to minimize the disastrous effects of misidentification. According to the Innocence Project, 75% of all 254 DNA exonerees across the country were initially convicted on the basis of eyewitness testimony. 3 out of 5 of the New Jersey exonerations involved mistaken identifications as well. Because eyewitness identification plays such a big role in many criminal cases, ensuring their accuracy is crucial in preventing the incarceration of the innocent. Continue reading New Jersey High Court Questions Accuracy of Eyewitness ID’s Ed Forchion is determined to challenge New Jersey drug laws, and by extension his New Jersey marijuana possession charge on Constitutional grounds. His legal theory is based on a reading of the new medical marijuana law, and believes his criminal charges give him standing to do so in court. According to phillyburbs.com, the man called “NJ Weedman”, believes that the drug possession law under which his was arrested may be invalid, since it states that “marijuana has no medicinal value”. Given the new limited medical marijuana use law in NJ, those laws appear to be in conflict. Continue reading Update on the NJ Weedman Case It’s called a “professional courtesy” when an officer of the law is let off a traffic or other violation that would’ve garnered stricter attention with a regular citizen. Professional courtesies happen quite often between among the law enforcement community but rarely, it seems, when a criminal law has been broken. Continue reading New Jersey Trooper Driven Home More than Once After Drinking and Driving The self proclaimed “Weedman” was arrested last week in Mount Holly as he was transporting a suitcase of marijuana is the trunk of his rental car. The man, who has incidentally ran for numerous public offices, is now facing charges of possession and distribution for the pound that was confiscated. Continue reading New Jersey “Weedman” Arrested on Possession and Distribution Charges |
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