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Recent Decisions From the Supreme Court of New Jersey
Date: March 11, 2019
Docket Number: a-40-17
Justia Opinion Summary: Defendant Adrian Vincenty argued two detectives failed to inform him of the criminal charges filed against him when they interrogated him and asked him to waive his right against self-incrimination. Relying on New Jersey...
Date: March 7, 2019
Docket Number: a-46-17
Justia Opinion Summary: In 2005, Evangelos Dimitrakopoulos retained the law firm of Borrus, Goldin, Foley, Vignuolo, Hyman and Stahl, P.C. ("Borrus firm"), for help with a business dispute with Steven Eleftheriou. Represented by the Borrus firm...
Date: February 20, 2019
Docket Number: a-70-17
Justia Opinion Summary: Michael Miller was convicted of possessing and distributing over 900 images and videos of child pornography through the use of online peer-to-peer file-sharing programs. He was also in possession of thirty-three CDs and...
Date: February 19, 2019
Docket Number: a-55-17
Justia Opinion Summary: Seventeen-year veteran volunteer firefighter Jennifer Kocanowski was injured in the line of duty. She applied and was denied temporary disability benefits because she did not have outside employment. In this appeal, the...
Date: February 5, 2019
Docket Number: a-35-36-17
Justia Opinion Summary: Police officers responded to a noise complaint at a motel room and determined not to issue a summons when the renter of the room immediately complied with their request to turn down the music. Police nevertheless conduct...
Date: February 4, 2019
Docket Number: a-23-24-17
Justia Opinion Summary: One week after defendants’ murder trial began, after counsel made opening statements and examined four of the State’s witnesses, the prosecutor turned over to defense counsel nineteen reports that were in the State’s pos...
Date: January 24, 2019
Docket Number: a-66-67-17
Justia Opinion Summary: In this appeal, plaintiffs, an individual and his limited liability towing company, entered into a contract for the purchase of a customized medium-duty 4x4 truck with autoloader tow unit. Ultimately, the truck did not p...
Date: January 23, 2019
Docket Number: a-50-17
Date: January 17, 2019
Docket Number: a-31-17
Justia Opinion Summary: Lieutenant John Kaminskas and Chief Daniel Vaniska, both members of the Union County Police Department, requested defense and indemnification by the Office of the Attorney General in a civil action brought against them f...
Date: January 10, 2019
Docket Number: a-15-17
Justia Opinion Summary: Plaintiff Amanda Kernahan purchased a “home service agreement” from defendants Home Warranty Administrator of Florida, Inc., and Choice Home Warranty. When she became dissatisfied, she filed a complaint in Superior Court...
Date: January 8, 2019
Docket Number: a-18-19-20-1 RABNER, C.J., writing for the Court. Drug court is designed to rid participants of drug dependency, help them develop skills and get job ...
Date: December 13, 2018
Docket Number: a-32-17
Justia Opinion Summary: The under review by the New Jersey Supreme Court affirmed several actions by the State Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) with regard to property in the Borough of Oakland that is subject to the Highlands Water...
Date: December 12, 2018
Docket Number: a-28-29-17
Justia Opinion Summary: Law enforcement officers arrested defendant Laurie Wint on a New Jersey murder charge and brought him to the Camden County Prosecutor’s Office for questioning. Wint invoked his right to counsel after receiving Miranda wa...
Date: December 11, 2018
Docket Number: a-48-17
Justia Opinion Summary: In March 2017, police officers responded to a report of a shooting in a parking lot at Lafayette Gardens in Jersey City and found Terrel Smith’s body; he had been shot multiple times. The police identified “Michael Gregg...
