Hackensack, New Jersey family law lawyers represented the parites in a protective order dispute.

The parties are married and have one sixteen-year-old son. On July 18, 2023, plaintiff filed a domestic violence complaint alleging harassment and was granted a temporary restraining order (TRO). On August 8 and 21, the TRO was amended to also allege assault, terroristic threats, and contempt... More...    $0 (12-20-2024 - NJ)

Igor Borbot, a native and citizen of Russia, has been detained at the Hudson County Correctional Facility pending removal proceedings since April 2016. Fourteen months after he was denied release on bond, Borbot petitioned the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey for a writ of habeas corpus under 28 U.S.C. § 2241. Borbot alleged that the Due Process Clause of the Fifth Amend... More...    $0 (10-23-2018 - NJ)

A Hudson County grand jury charged defendant and three co
defendants in a multi-count indictment with first-degree murder
and other offenses. Defendant accepted a plea offer and pleaded
guilty to an amended charge of second-degree manslaughter,
N.J.S.A. 2C:11-4(b)(2).
During the plea proceeding, while summarizing the plea
agreement, the prosecutor informed the cour... More...    $0 (11-13-2017 - NJ)

We draw the following facts from the trial record. On
November 29, 2013, a police officer on patrol in Pennsville saw
a box truck parked in the wrong direction on a street. He also
observed that its tires were over the fog line, partially in the
roadway. The officer approached the driver and passenger, who
explained that they were looking for the right address to make a... More...    $0 (06-06-2017 - NJ)

Defendant Tiwan M. Flagler appeals from the denial of his
motion to suppress evidence seized after a motor vehicle stop and
from his sentence. On appeal, defendant raises the following
contentions:

POINT I THE ORDER DENYING THE MOTION TO SUPPRESS SHOULD BE REVERSED AND THE MATTER REMANDED FOR A NEW MOTION HEARING IN FRONT OF A DIFFERENT JUDGE. THE MOTION JUDGE INEXPLICAB... More...    $0 (04-09-2017 - NJ)

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Defendants Louis Adams and Kenneth Green were convicted of
the first-degree armed robbery of a... More...    $0 (03-08-2017 - NJ)

In 2010, defendant William R. Joe was arrested in New
Jersey and charged with certain narcotics offenses. Before
trial, he fled the state and a bench warrant was issued for his
arrest. Defendant was subsequently arrested and charged with
other crimes in New York State. He did not make bail in New
York.
Although New Jersey prosecutors lodged an interstate
det... More...    $0 (03-07-2017 - NJ)

Defendant George Sanchez was charged with brutally assaulting
his girlfriend, K.M.1 A jury acquitted defendant of several first
degree charges, but convicted defendant of the following offenses:
fourth-degree false imprisonment, N.J.S.A. 2C:13-3; third-degree
aggravated criminal sexual contact while the victim was physically
helpless, N.J.S.A. 2C:14-3; second-degree attemp... More...    $0 (01-27-2017 - NJ)

Defendant purchased a $300,000 life insurance policy and
$200,000 accidental death benefit insuring Scharf's life on May
23, 1991. He was the primary beneficiary; the parties' son,
Jonathan, ten years old at the time of the murder, was the
contingent beneficiary. Scharf's therapist, Patricia Teague, who
had been treating Scharf for depression since July 1990, testified <... More...    $0 (01-27-2017 - NJ)

re violated; (2) the aggravating and mitigating
factors found by the sentencing court were not based upon competent
and credible evidence in the record; or (3) 'the application of
the guidelines to the facts of [the] case makes the sentence
clearly unreasonable so as to shock the judicial conscience.'"
Ibid. (quoting State v. Roth, 95 N.J. 334, 364-65 (1984)). Once
... More...    $0 (12-05-2016 - NJ)

A jury found defendant Hassan Shoulars guilty of theft of
movable property, burglary, and resisting arrest. The judge
sentenced defendant to an aggregate term of five years of
imprisonment, consecutive to a prison term defendant received for
an unrelated offense. Defendant appeals from his conviction and
the sentence imposed, arguing:
POINT I

DEFENDAN... More...    $0 (12-05-2016 - NJ)

When a criminal defendant is found competent to stand trial
under N.J.S.A. 2C:4-4, he or she has the autonomy to make
strategic decisions at trial, with the advice of counsel. Among
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those decisions is the choice whether or not to assert the
insanity defense, which absolves a defendant of criminal
responsibility for his or her conduct, if at the time of such
c... More...    $0 (09-29-2016 - NJ)

We glean the following facts and procedural history from
the record. On February 9, 2005, defendant was arrested in
Ocean County on charges of kidnapping, robbery, burglary, theft,
and weapons offenses arising out of an October 31, 2004 incident
in Lakewood. Defendant was remanded to the Ocean County Jail
where he remained until March 29, 2005, when he posted bail and More...    $0 (06-07-2016 - NJ)

On March 12, 2013, an Ocean County Grand Jury indicted
defendant Brian A. Dello of third degree possession of heroin,
N.J.S.A. 2C:35-10a(1), third degree possession of heroin with
intent to distribute, N.J.S.A. 2C:35-5a(1) and N.J.S.A. 2C:35
5b(3), and third degree possession of heroin with intent to
distribute within 1000 feet of school property, N.J.S.A. 2C:35
7. Les... More...    $0 (05-24-2016 - NJ)

On December 23, 2006, defendant was arrested for
shoplifting at a local shopping mall, striking a security guard
in the head with a cell phone, and attempting to flee the scene
by car. She was indicted on charges of first-degree robbery,
N.J.S.A. 2C:15-1(a)(1) (count one); third-degree aggravated
assault, N.J.S.A. 2C:12-1(b)(2) (count two); second-degree
eluding, N.J... More...    $0 (05-19-2016 - NJ)

This appeal presents the question of whether, in the
context of a jury trial for first-degree attempted murder, a
trial court erred by failing to charge the jury sua sponte on
the lesser-included offense of attempted passion/provocation
manslaughter.
The facts in this appeal were established at trial.
Defendant Lee Funderburg and Terra Andrews had previously been More...    $0 (05-08-2016 - NJ)

Defendant Jererad Hollaway was charged with first-degree
murder, N.J.S.A. 2C:11-3(a)(1), (2), second-degree possession of
a firearm for an unlawful purpose, N.J.S.A. 2C:39-4(a), and
second-degree unlawful possession of a handgun without a permit,
N.J.S.A. 2C:39-5(b). His first trial resulted in a hung jury.
At the retrial, defendant was acquitted of all charges other More...    $0 (05-03-2016 - NJ)

At approximately 1:00 a.m., Burlington Township Police
Officer Jarrod Broadway observed a vehicle, later identified as
driven by defendant, drift between lanes. He activated his
lights when he observed the vehicle accelerate to fifty miles
per hour in a thirty-five mile per hour speed limit zone. When
the vehicle accelerated to fifty miles per hour in a thirty-five
... More...    $0 (04-22-2016 - NJ)

In April 2011, a Camden County Grand Jury charged defendant
Fred Belen and co-defendant Alexander Lara in a twenty-six count
indictment with six counts of first-degree robbery, five counts
of second-degree unlawful possession of a handgun, five counts
of second-degree possession of a weapon for an unlawful purpose,
seven counts of fourth-degree aggravated assault, and one ... More...    $0 (04-12-2016 - NJ)

The question presented on this unusual appeal, which we
consider on leave granted, is whether the trial court retained
jurisdiction to sua sponte enter a judgment of acquittal on a
count of an indictment three months after its declaration of a
mistrial or whether double jeopardy principles bar the State's
challenge to that order. Although we disapprove of the
procedu... More...    $0 (04-08-2016 - NJ)

Defendant Jonathan Arce appeals from the denial of his
petition for post-conviction relief (PCR) without a hearing.
Defendant claims he was denied the effective assistance of
counsel because his plea counsel, Paul Bergrin, was under
investigation at the time he negotiated defendant's plea
agreement and therefore had a conflict of interest. We are not
persuaded by th... More...    $0 (04-04-2016 - NJ)

These two appeals, filed by separate defendants, were
listed back-to-back because they raise similar issues for our
review. We have consolidated the appeals to address the issues
in a single opinion. Specifically, defendants, who were
juveniles when they were convicted of criminal offenses, which
included murder, argue their respective sentences cannot stand
in ligh... More...    $0 (03-22-2016 - NJ)

Defendant was seventeen years old when he and his adult co
defendant, Frank Gallipoli, were arrested on September 21, 2008,
in connection with an armed robbery in Totowa. Defendant was
initially charged in a juvenile complaint with conduct that, if
committed by an adult, would constitute first-degree armed
robbery, N.J.S.A. 2C:15-1a(2), and third-degree aggravated
ass... More...    $0 (03-16-2016 - NJ)

This case raises a novel question about the
constitutionality of the roving wiretap provision of the State’s
wiretap law. As a general rule, law enforcement officials must
follow a strict set of procedures and get court approval before
they may intercept communications over a telephone facility.
Among other requirements, the State must identify in advance the
specif... More...    $0 (03-09-2016 - NJ)

Defendant Jean A. Sene was driving a taxi when a pedestrian
stepped into his lane of traffic. The pedestrian fell into the
adjoining lane of traffic and was killed when she was run over
by another vehicle. Defendant did not stop his taxi at the
scene and left without speaking to anyone. A jury convicted
defendant of leaving the scene of a fatal motor vehicle accident More...    $0 (11-28-2015 - NJ)

NEWARK, N.J. – Three Romanian natives living in Queens, N.Y., today admitted their involvement in a long-running and lucrative scheme to steal account information from bank customers throughout New York, New Jersey, and Connecticut by installing secret card-reading devices on ATMs, U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman announced.

Emil Revesz, a/k/a “Daniel Laptes,â€� 31, Constantin Pendus, a/... More...    $0 (05-27-2014 - NJ)

This matter requires application of well-settled legal doctrines to an unusual set of facts. As detailed below, Sara Lesende (“Lesendeâ€�) and her husband, Victor Lesende, brought suit against the City of Newark (“the Cityâ€�) and Police Officer Arnold Borrero. Following a five-day trial, a jury found that both Officer Borrero and the City were liable and awarded Lesende $2,700,000 in compensa... More...    $0 (05-15-2014 - NJ)

Elias Eid and Gwen Packard-Eid filed a complaint challenging the denial by the Board of Immigration Appeals (“BIA�) of the I-130 Petition for Alien Relative filed by Packard-Eid, a United States citizen, that would accord Eid,

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her husband and a non-citizen, preference status as the spouse of a citizen. The BIA denied the Petition under 8 U.S.C. § 1154(c), which requires denyin... More...    $0 (01-10-2014 - NJ)

These appeals and cross-appeal are taken from final judgments, entered in accordance with Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 54(b), in a pair of qui tam actions consolidated for litigation in the Eastern District of Virginia. By its Order of February 14, 2012, the district court: (1) assessed a single civil penalty in the sum of $5,500 in favor of the United States, intervening in substitution of rel... More...    $0 (01-08-2014 - NJ)

Statutory language is important. It takes on added significance when a person‘s freedom is at stake. Under the Immigration and Nationality Act, immigration offi-cials ―shall take into custody any‖ deportable alien who has committed various crimes ―when the alien is re-leased‖ from detention for those crimes. 8 U.S.C. § 1226(c)(1). The Act requires officials to hold such aliens without a... More...    $0 (04-25-2013 - NJ)

In a second attempt to obstruct the publication of a book

that is critical of his conduct, plaintiff John C. Berkery

appeals from the summary dismissal of his action against

defendants - author Allen M. Hornblum, and distributors Barnes &

Noble, Inc., Amazon.Com, Inc., Barricade Books, Inc. (NY),

Barricade Books, Inc. (NJ), National Book Network, Inc., Rowman
... More...    $0 (02-19-2010 - NJ)

This case arises out of an accident that occurred when plaintiff Michael Koruba attempted an extreme jump on his sports all-terrain vehicle (ATV), resulting in his sustaining serious neurological and orthopedic injuries. Plaintiff sued both the manufacturer of the ATV, defendant American Honda Motor Co., Inc. (Honda), asserting a product liability claim for failure to adequately warn... More...    $0 (11-23-2007 - NJ)

This appeal, which is before us as of right based on a dissent in the Appellate Division, Rule 2:2-1(a)(2), involves the meaning of the term "aggravated circumstances" in N.J.S.A. 30:4C-11.3(a), the existence of which excuses the Division of Youth and Family Services ("DYFS") from providing statutorily required reasonable efforts at family reunification. Also implicated is the question of what... More...    $0 (03-24-2004 - NJ)

The State presented the testimony of two und... More...    $0 (07-08-2003 - NJ)