Year: 2019
States throughout the U.S. offer compensation to crime victims and those who survive them, and New Jersey is no exception. The N.J. Crime Victim Compensation Program is administered by the state attorney general, and it pays out millions in compensation to crime victims every year. In 2017, the program paid out an estimated $8.3 million to victims […]
Thousands of people each year are arrested for drug offenses in New Jersey, and many of these arrests occur in Ocean County. The legal circumstances surrounding drug arrests can be complicated and unique, leaving you with many questions when facing drug charges. Here are answers to some of the most common questions we are asked as […]
New Jersey law makes it illegal to drive under the influence of alcohol or drugs. If police suspect that you are driving impaired by a drug, they have a series of steps that they will use to try to prove it. Knowing police procedure when dealing with people suspected of DUI is very important when […]
In New Jersey, restraining orders restrict one person’s ability to come within a certain distance of another person for a set period of time. Restraining orders also typically restrict the restrained person from going to the home or workplace of the person protected by the order. Restraining orders are often sought in cases involving domestic abuse or sexual […]
New Jersey does not rely on the common misdemeanor versus felony classifications for criminal offenses commonly used in other states, and people can be confused by the criminal offense classifications that New Jersey does use. One of the most common questions we get asked as criminal defense lawyers in NJ is: what is an ordinance […]
How to Prepare for Central Judicial Processing in Hudson County NJ Crimes in New Jersey are categorized in two main categories: disorderly persons offenses (similar to misdemeanors in other states) and indictable offenses (similar to felonies in other jurisdictions). If you are charged with the more serious of these types of offenses, known as an indictable offense, […]
What are the Possible Outcomes of a Third Degree Drug Charge in New Jersey? Possession of a Controlled Dangerous Substance, a violation of NJSA 2C:35-10, is one of the most common criminal charges in Union County and New Jersey. Possession of drugs like meth, heroin, cocaine, and prescription drugs are generally charged as a third-degree indictable offense in New […]
New Jersey passed the New Jersey Compassionate Use Medical Marijuana Act in January 2010. With this bill, the New Jersey Legislature chose to legalize the use of medical marijuana, subject to certain requirements discussed below, given that medical research has found that marijuana can treat certain debilitating medical conditions. The State Legislature in NJ noted that although […]
Is it Illegal to Drive on Prescriptions in NJ? When most people hear the phrases “driving under the influence” or “driving while impaired,” they think of alcohol. Most New Jersey residents know that they should not drive with a .08 or more blood alcohol concentration. Others know that it’s also illegal to drive while under […]
Arrested for DUI on Heroin in Union County, NJ? New Jersey law makes it illegal to drive under the influence of not only alcohol, but drugs as well. You can be arrested for driving under the influence of meth, cocaine, marijuana, Xanax, and heroin—among other habit-forming drugs—if the drug renders you unable to drive as well as a […]