Newark, New Jersey defendant was charged with Kidnapping and sexual assault.

Earl Berryman was kidnapping and sexually assaulting a Hispanic woman in Mary 1983 in Newark, New Jersey.


March 11, 1983 was Alice Campos' eighteenth birthday. According to Campos, she and her friend, Christina Dos Santos, went to a club called "Studio One" in Newark, New Jersey, where a group of be... More...    $0 (12-31-1985 - NJ)

Newark, New Jersey civil rights lawyers represented Plaintiffs, who sued defendant under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 challenging a Jersey City ordinancecurtailing the ability of property owners and lease holders to operate short-term rentals. The plaintiffs alleged that, having passed an earlier zoning ordinance legalizing short-term rentals in Jersey City (the “Cityâ€�), which enticed them to invest in p... More...    $0 (08-21-2022 - NJ)

Newark, New Jersey personal injury lawyer represented Plaintiff, who sued defendants on civil rights violation theories.

Plaintiff's allegations against Defendants and the procedural history of this matter are described in detail in the District Court's March 29, 2022 Opinion [D.E. 42]. In her initial Complaint [D.E. 1], Plaintiff sued Jersey City, the Jersey City Police Department, Offic... More...    $0 (08-12-2022 - NJ)

This case arises from a car accident that occurred on January 6, 2016, in Newark, New Jersey, between a car driven by Sconiers and a vehicle owned by USPS. About two weeks after the accident, Sconiers submitted an administrative tort claim form to USPS seeking damages for injuries that she claimed she suffered in the accident. Approximately seven months later, by letter dated July 14, 2016,... More...    $0 (07-27-2018 - NJ)

After a judge denied his motion to suppress evidence seized during a warrantless search (Indictment No. 15-03-0237), and his pretrial motions, including an application for a Franks1 hearing, on a second set of charges (Indictment No. 15-06-0448), defendant Eman Hassenbey entered into a plea agreement with the State. In exchange for his guilty pleas to one count of the first indictment, thir... More...    $0 (07-05-2018 - NJ)

Defendant Ricky Richardson appeals from the denial of his
motion to suppress controlled dangerous substances that Detective
Keith Walcott of the New Brunswick Police Department found inside
an opaque plastic bag defendant allegedly tossed out a window just
after police entered the house, in which he was located, to execute
an arrest warrant for unrelated individuals. He a... More...    $0 (03-31-2018 - NJ)

John MacDonald, on behalf of himself and a putative class, sued CashCall, Inc., WS Funding, LLC, Delbert Services Corp., and J. Paul Reddam (collectively “Defendants”) over a loan agreement that he contends is usurious and unconscionable. The agreement includes (1) a provision requiring that all disputes be resolved through arbitration conducted by a representative of the Cheyenne River Sioux Trib... More...    $0 (03-02-2018 - NJ)

Defendant, who was charged with multiple drug offenses, filed
numerous pretrial motions, including a motion to suppress evidence
obtained from the use of a global positioning system (GPS) tracker
and a motion to recuse the trial court judge. After the court
denied the motion to suppress and the motion to recuse, defendant
pled guilty to first-degree possession with intent... More...    $0 (01-18-2018 - NJ)

Don Karns and Robert Parker filed civil rights actions against the New Jersey Transit Corporation (“NJ Transit”) and NJ Transit Officers Kathleen Shanahan and Sandra McKeon Crowe in their official and individual capacities, alleging violations of the First, Fourth, and Fourteenth Amendments. Officers Shanahan and Crowe arrested Karns and Parker for defiant trespass and obstruction of justice after... More...    $0 (01-14-2018 - NJ)

During the early morning hours of January 17, 2009, New Jersey prisoner Robert Mullin hanged himself with a bedsheet that he had fashioned into a noose. The twentynine-year-old Robert had been in and out of prison for the better part of a decade, in part due to his ongoing struggles with substance abuse. While serving out his latest sentence at a halfway house, Robert was found in possession of ... More...    $0 (12-03-2017 - NJ)

Although the plea was not negotiated, it was based on the
court's representation the sentence would not exceed five years,
eighty-five percent of which would be served before defendant
could become eligible for parole. Defendant, who was extended
term eligible, was subsequently sentenced on the burglary count
to five years in State prison subject to the periods of parole <... More...    $0 (12-02-2017 - NJ)

Defendant was arrested in 1983 in the State of New York on
unrelated charges of first and second degree attempted murder.
Defendant was tried and convicted of first and second degree
attempted murder in New York and was sentenced to consecutive
terms on these charges of twenty-five years to life and twelve
and-one-half years to twenty-five years. In November 1983,
de... More...    $0 (11-29-2017 - NJ)

The following facts are largely taken from the suppression
motion hearing testimony of Bridgewater Township Police Department
Officers Anthony DiGraziano and Kevin Florczak. No other witnesses
testified.
On March 20, 2013, at approximately 7:00 p.m., anti-crime
team undercover officers DiGraziano and Florczak were parked in
an unmarked police vehicle in the parking l... More...    $3 (11-13-2017 - NJ)

A little over two years into the civil-rights suit brought by Joan Mullin (“Mullin”) over the tragic prison suicide of her son, Robert Mullin (“Robert”), Mullin’s attorney received a discovery document with the potential to reshape the case. A previously undisclosed investigative report about the night
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Robert died contained statements by fellow New Jersey inmates about a prison guard who... More...    $0 (11-13-2017 - NJ)

In this putative class action, consumers of prescription eye medication allege that manufacturers and distributors of the medication packaged it in such a way that forced them to waste it, violating the consumer protection statutes of their home states. The District Court dismissed the entire action for lack of jurisdiction, finding the consumers’ allegations of injury in fact insufficient to conf... More...    $0 (11-03-2017 - NJ)

Under federal and New Jersey search-and-seizure
jurisprudence, a police officer’s warrantless search of the
passenger compartment of a vehicle, following a lawful traffic
stop, is a constitutional protective sweep when the
circumstances give rise to a reasonable suspicion that a driver
or passenger “is dangerous and may gain immediate access to
weapons.” State v. Gam... More...    $0 (05-01-2017 - NJ)

We must determine whether a defendant seeking a waiver of
the mandatory minimum sentence under the Graves Act is entitled
to discovery of the prosecutor’s files from cases in which other
defendants were granted waivers of the mandatory minimum
penalty.
The Graves Act prescribes a minimum term of incarceration
for certain firearm-related offenses. For some first-time ... More...    $0 (04-15-2017 - NJ)

Defendant entered a guilty plea to one count of third
degree possession of heroin, N.J.S.A. 2C:35-10(a)(1), after his
motion to suppress evidence seized from his person was denied.
We reverse the denial of defendant's motion and his conviction.
Two witnesses testified at the suppression hearing, Chief
John Pelura and Sergeant Melvin Vanaman of the Salem Police
Depar... More...    $0 (04-09-2017 - NJ)

We must determine whether a defendant seeking a waiver of
the mandatory minimum sentence under the Graves Act is entitled
to discovery of the prosecutor’s files from cases in which other
defendants were granted waivers of the mandatory minimum
penalty.
The Graves Act prescribes a minimum term of incarceration
for certain firearm-related offenses. For some first-time ... More...    $0 (04-09-2017 - NJ)

A victim was robbed at knife-point by two men after responding
to a Craigslist advertisement for discounted iPads and iPhones.
In separate jury trials, defendants Jeremy Grant and Stephen
Maurrasse were convicted of first-degree armed robbery, N.J.S.A.
2C:15-1(a), and third-degree possession of a weapon (knife) for
unlawful purposes, N.J.S.A. 2C:39-4(d). Grant was senten... More...    $0 (03-14-2017 - NJ)

Because defendant's appeal focuses on the trial court's admission of Claire's out-of-court identification, we derive the following facts from the court's hearings on whether to admit her
identification, unless otherwise noted.
At about 3:00 p.m. on July 3, 2010, Claire parked her car at
an apartment complex to deliver pizza to a resident. She walked
to the resident's door and... More...    $0 (02-18-2017 - NJ)

Defendant was convicted after a jury trial of first-degree
knowing and purposeful murder, N.J.S.A. 2C:11-3(a)(1) and (2),
third-degree unlawful possession of a weapon, N.J.S.A. 2C:39-5(b),
and second-degree possession of a weapon for an unlawful purpose,
N.J.S.A. 2C:39-4(a). The judge imposed an aggregate custodial
sentence of fifty years subject to the requirements of the... More...    $0 (02-18-2017 - NJ)

A jury convicted defendant James McDowell of eight crimes
related to sexual assaults of a female victim. On two of the
convictions he was sentenced to consecutive terms of eighteen and
ten years in prison. All of the other convictions were either
merged or the sentences were run concurrently. The consecutive
prison terms were subject to the No Early Release Act (NERA), ... More...    $0 (01-27-2017 - NJ)

On December 17, 2013, defendant was charged with driving
while intoxicated (DUI), in violation of N.J.S.A. 39:4-50, along
with several other motor vehicle violations. On August 7, 2014,
a municipal court judge found defendant guilty of DUI. All
additional summonses were dismissed pursuant to a finding of guilty
under N.J.S.A. 39:4-50, subject to being reopened in the eve... More...    $0 (12-17-2016 - NJ)