Like any jurisdiction, New Jersey and Pennsylvania maintain within its own State Constitutions protections against illegal searches and seizures, along with the Fourth Amendment to the United States Constitution.
The Court specifically stated that an arrest alone is meaningless and irrelevant for sentencing purposes.
Bail is obviously a major concern for someone facing criminal charges because it will determine whether he can remain out of custody pending trial.
If a person is facing a potential long state prison sentence, what factors will a New Jersey Judge use to determine release or detention
While Pennsylvania and New Jersey border each other, they have very different laws regarding traffic stops and police searches.
This incident has caused my of our readers to ask if a person can be really arrested for reckless driving? The short answer is yes!
Normally, searches require that law enforcement establishes probable cause which is the reasonable belief that a crime is occurring or has occurred in the area searched.
Here are the ten (10) most common types of search scenarios at school and how a Court would likely rule on them if a parent had an issue with a policy or considered contest possible charges against their son or daughter.
While New Jersey and Pennsylvania are now more flexible on drunk drivers offenders, both states maintain zero tolerance for underage drunk driving.
Many of college students want to join clubs which have informal “hazing” rules which require them to perform tasks or other often embarrassing events. This isn’t obviously school endorsed and flies below the school administration’s radar despite most of them knowing that it occurs on and off campus
