…posts cover the statutory framework and background. Now that the review window has opened for most, if not all, of the affected inmates—and with many now undergoing their second and…
…to take the bitter with the—even more bitter. It is an open enough question, however, that the Division of Adult Correction will accept either maximum sentence (regular or elevated) as…
…private property that was not within the curtilage of any dwelling. I thought it was a pretty interesting question but that on balance, current law concerning “open fields” suggested that…
…continuance, as well as defense counsel’s subsequent request to delay opening statements until Monday (after jury selection concluded mid-day Friday) in order to provide the defense an opportunity to listen…
…by the defense to the defendant’s statement to the officer being entered into evidence. There was likewise no objection to similar testimony in Ortiz-Zape. The Bridges court specifically left open…
…in identifying the substance at issue as a controlled one, that evidence may well suffice to survive a motion to dismiss. But, there are still some open questions about how…
…to consider whether the evidence gathered following Parisi’s arrest on impaired driving charges was admissible. Parisi was stopped at a checkpoint. The officer saw “an open box of alcoholic beverage[]”…
…appeals disagreed, ruling that a public place is any place “viewable from any location open to the view of the public at large.” Applying that principle to the facts of…
…state. Id. at 97. That environment discouraged businesses from opening in the community and inhibited doctors from opening medical practices, which in turn deprived people of jobs and made it…
…reveal his incarceration crossed the line into improper propensity evidence. Having found that Hodges did not open the door, the court concluded that this evidence was offered to show only…