Trenton, New Jersey criminal defense lawyer represented defendant charged with unlawful possession of a firearm by a convicted felon.

On April 14, 2019, Ocean Township Police arrived at 401 Parker Avenue (the “Parker Propertyâ€�) to investigate a reported attempted residential burglary. (See Government's Ex. A, GPS Tracking Warrant Affidavit, ¶ 9.) The homeowner reported that an indivi... More...    $0 (07-15-2022 - NJ)

Defendant and his codefendant Fred D. Mosley were charged in an indictment with thirty-four offenses arising out of eight residential burglaries and a robbery and kidnapping occurring in Atlantic County between November 20, 2012, and February 1, 2013. The thirty-fifth count of the indictment charged co-defendant Nicole Cumens with third-degree conspiracy to commit burglary and theft, N.J.S.... More...    $0 (07-05-2018 - NJ)

After his motion to suppress physical evidence was denied
without an evidentiary hearing, defendant Jazir Gordon proceeded
to trial and was found guilty by a jury of third-degree possession
of heroin, N.J.S.A. 2C:35-10a(1); second-degree unlawful
possession of a handgun, N.J.S.A. 2C:39-5b; fourth-degree
possession of a defaced firearm, N.J.S.A. 2C:39-3d; fourth-degree
... More...    $0 (01-18-2018 - NJ)

In this appeal, we consider whether a warrant application
that did not include evidence as to why a specific apartment
unit should be searched fell short of establishing probable
cause for the search of that apartment, in violation of the
Fourth Amendment of the United States Constitution and Article
I, Paragraph 7 of the New Jersey Constitution.
Defendant Akeem Boone... More...    $0 (12-21-2017 - NJ)

Following a jury trial, defendant was convicted of third
degree attempted escape, N.J.S.A. 2C:5-1 and 2C:29-5; third-degree
possession of escape implements, N.J.S.A. 2C:29-6; and fourth
degree unlawful possession of a weapon, namely, a screw, N.J.S.A.
2C:39-5(d).1 He was acquitted of third-degree possession of a
weapon for unlawful purposes, N.J.S.A. 2C:39-4(d). Defendant ... More...    $0 (12-04-2017 - 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 tried and found guilty by a jury of two counts
of first-degree kidnapping, N.J.S.A. 2C:13-1(b)(1), two counts of
third-degree criminal restraint, N.J.S.A. 2C:13-2(a), two counts
of first-degree robbery, N.J.S.A. 2C:15-1(a)(1), one count of
first-degree conspiracy, N.J.S.A. 2C:5-2, one count of second
degree burglary, N.J.S.A. 2C:18-2, one count of second-degre... More...    $0 (11-29-2017 - 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)

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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)

Following a bench trial, defendant was convicted of second
degree robbery, N.J.S.A. 2C:15-1; second-degree burglary,
N.J.S.A. 2C:18-2; third-degree aggravated assault, N.J.S.A.
2C:12-1(b)(7); fourth-degree false imprisonment, N.J.S.A. 2C:13
3; fourth-degree resisting arrest by flight, N.J.S.A. 2C:29
2(a)(1)(3); and fourth-degree unlawful possession of a weapon,
N.J.S.A. ... More...    $0 (02-24-2017 - NJ)

On December 14, 2006, defendant and two others, Quemere
McClendon and Paul Lewis, were driven to the home of Keith
Mason, intending to rob Mason of marijuana. McClendon was
carrying a loaded handgun. Defendant also had a handgun, but
claimed it was not loaded.

McClendon entered Mason's home first, followed by defendant
and Lewis. Mason's two-year-old son was ... More...    $0 (02-24-2017 - NJ)

Tried by a jury, defendant Dajon G. Lester was convicted of
second-degree sexual assault, N.J.S.A. 2C:14-2c(1) (Count One),
and fourth-degree criminal trespass, N.J.S.A. 2C:18-3, as a
lesser-included offense of second-degree burglary, N.J.S.A. 2C:18
2a(1) (Count Two). On December 22, 2014, defendant was sentenced
on Count One to a five-year prison term with an eighty-five... More...    $0 (02-18-2017 - NJ)

During December 2007, Jones was staying with his long-time
friend, M.B.,1 who was a drug dealer and, the State alleged, the
intended victim of a robbery. Jones was the target of electronic
surveillance.2
M.B. testified for the State that on the morning of December
19, 2007, he and Jones made a plan to meet up later in the day and
go together to Vineland to meet one... More...    $0 (02-13-2017 - NJ)

Defendant Deledin Twine appeals from a July 31, 2015 order
denying his application to compel his admission into the pre-trial
intervention (PTI) program over the prosecutor's objection. We
affirm because the Law Division correctly determined that the
prosecutor's decision was not a patent and gross abuse of
discretion.
In 2014, defendant was indicted on one count ... More...    $0 (01-27-2017 - NJ)

There is no question that defendant’s second extended-term
sentence would be illegal under Hudson: it fits foursquare
within the statutory prohibition, as the State concedes. The
only question before us, therefore, is whether Hudson should be
applied retroactively.
We find that Hudson illuminated a longstanding rule of law
rather than announce a new one. We accordi... More...    $0 (01-25-2017 - NJ)

The evidence presented at trial showed that defendant and
M.P. had lived together in Connecticut. In 2010, M.P. relocated
to New Jersey with her three children following an incident with
defendant at her Connecticut home.
During the evening of March 5, 2012, M.P. was in her
apartment in Woodbury when she noticed someone at the front
door. She approached the door, whi... More...    $0 (12-17-2016 - 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)

On November 22, 1991, while on probation, appellant followed
a female bank employee from a parking lot into a bank in Gloucester
Township. He threatened the female with an HIV-infected hypodermic
needle, forced her to allow him to accompany her into the bank,
where he held her against her will and attempted to rob the bank.
Officers entered the bank, where appellant poin... More...    $0 (11-23-2016 - NJ)

In this appeal, we must determine the proper scope of the
plain-view exception to the warrant requirement under Article I,
Paragraph 7 of the New Jersey Constitution.
In State v. Bruzzese, 94 N.J. 210, 236-38 (1983), cert.
denied, 465 U.S. 1030, 104 S. Ct. 1295, 79 L. Ed. 2d 695 (1984),
this Court adopted the plain-view exception as articulated in
the plurality opin... More...    $0 (11-23-2016 - NJ)

Defendant was convicted of first-degree robbery, N.J.S.A.
2C:15-1, second-degree burglary N.J.S.A. 2C:18-2, second-degree
kidnapping, N.J.S.A. 2C:13-1(b)(1), second-degree possession of a
weapon for an unlawful purpose, N.J.S.A. 2C:39-4(a) and third
degree unlawful possession of a weapon, N.J.S.A. 2C:39-5(b). We
affirmed his convictions and remanded for the imposition of a... More...    $0 (10-17-2016 - NJ)

We adopt the essential facts from our previous unpublished
decision remanding defendant's PCR petition for an evidentiary
hearing:
The record reveals that, on January 10, 2006, a grand jury issued an indictment charging defendant with third-degree possession of a controlled dangerous substance (CDS), N.J.S.A. 2C:35-10(a)(1); third-degree possession with intent to distribute, N.J.S.A... More...    $0 (08-16-2016 - NJ)

In 2010, respondent F.M.’s personal firearm and firearms
purchaser identification card (identification card) were seized
pursuant to the Prevention of Domestic Violence Act of 1991,
N.J.S.A. 2C:25-17 to -35 (Domestic Violence Act).2 Both items
1 The statute on possession and licensing of firearms, N.J.S.A. 2C:58-3, ref... More...    $0 (07-06-2016 - NJ)

In this case we again address whether shooting at or from a motor vehicle can
4 serve as a predicate for felony murder. We recognize that the collateral-felony rule
5 has generated confusion and hope to clarify its application in this opinion. Following
6 trial, the jury found Defendant Eric Marquez guilty of first-degree felony murder
7 contrary to NMSA 1978, Section 30-2-1(A)(2... More...    $0 (06-30-2016 - NJ)

New Jersey provides a broad range of discovery to an
accused in a criminal case under Rule 3:13-3. This open-file
approach is intended to ensure fair and just trials. Here, the
issue is not whether defendants have a right to discovery of the
prosecutor’s file in their case, but whether they have a right
to discovery of the files in unrelated cases involving the same
... More...    $0 (06-29-2016 - NJ)

Tried by a jury, defendant Najee Kelsey was convicted of
first-degree murder, N.J.S.A. 2C:11-3(a)(1) and (2) (count one);
felony murder, N.J.S.A. 2C:11-3(a)(3) (count two); and burglary,
N.J.S.A. 2C:18-2 (count three). On count one, the judge
sentenced defendant to sixty years in prison with an 85% parole
disqualifier pursuant to the No Early Release Act (NERA),
N.J.... More...    $0 (06-13-2016 - 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)

Defendant Giuseppe Paparatto appeals from the June 27, 2014
order denying his motion to vacate a guilty plea he entered in
2006. Defendant claims he presented a colorable claim of
innocence, the motion judge erred in failing to consider his
reasons for withdrawing his plea, and the State will not be
prejudiced if it had to try the ten-year-old charges. Finding
no me... More...    $0 (05-19-2016 - NJ)

Victor Lopez was convicted of possessing a firearm as a convicted felon, in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 922(g). The sole contested issue at trial was whether Lopez indeed possessed a gun. In this regard, the jury heard testimony from Lopez and from the arresting officers, Paul Martinez and Miguel Ramos. The jurors were faced with the decision of whether to believe the officers’ testimony that they... More...    $0 (05-02-2016 - NJ)

We discern the following facts and procedural history from
the record. On the morning of August 18, 2006, the body of
seventy-five year old Mary Bostian was found in a bedroom of her
home in Phillipsburg, New Jersey. Her hands and feet were bound
with cords. An autopsy subsequently revealed that she suffered
blunt force trauma to many parts of her body, bruising on her More...    $0 (04-22-2016 - NJ)

Defendant Angelo L. Vargas appeals from the order of the
Law Division, Criminal Part upholding the prosecutor's denial of
defendant's application for Pretrial Intervention (PTI), a
diversionary program subject to review and approval by both the
vicinage's Criminal Division manager or his or her designee and
the county Prosecutor's Office. R. 3:28(f). After reviewing
... More...    $0 (04-12-2016 - NJ)

On May 4, 2008, defendant Patrick McFarlane and co
defendant Roderick Armstrong approached a group of men playing
dice in Trenton. When defendant displayed a revolver and
instructed the players to stay where they were, they scattered
in different directions. Defendant chased and fired his
revolver at Richard Mason, striking him in the back. After
Mason fell to the g... More...    $0 (04-08-2016 - NJ)

After her motion to suppress the heroin found in her purse
was denied following a testimonial hearing, defendant pled
guilty to third-degree possession of heroin, N.J.S.A. 2C:35
10(a)(1). The remaining charges against her, disorderly
conduct, N.J.S.A. 2C:33-2(a), and possession of drug
paraphernalia, N.J.S.A. 2C:36-2, both disorderly persons
offenses, were dismissed a... More...    $0 (04-04-2016 - NJ)