Muni-mail: “I don’t know any law – but I can represent myself” – State v. King

[04/12/12 - 7:56 pm] This morning, in a case captioned State v. King, the New Jersey Supreme Court ruled that a criminal defendant who professed in open court ZERO knowledge about any aspect of substantive or procedural law in a criminal trial had been deprived of his right to represent himself at his own criminal… Read More

Muni-mail- Ten-year Nightmare Over – Misappropriation of Client Funds Ends in Censure

[04/04/12 - 9:23 am] Yesterday, in a case captioned In re Wigenton, the New Jersey Supreme Court ruled that a censure would be the appropriate level of discipline for an attorney who had negligently misappropriated client funds some 10-years earlier. Despite the findings of both a special master and the Disciplinary Review Board that the… Read More

Muni-mail – Okay to Strip Search NJ Petty Offenders in Jail – SCOTUS

[04/02/2012 - 3:14 P.M.] This morning, the United States Supreme Court ruled in a New Jersey case that people who are arrested for traffic violations and petty criminal offenses can lawfully be subject to strip searches in county jails.  A syllabus of this opinion is printed below.         Petitioner was arrested during… Read More