Court Cases

Amicus brief addressing whether police may enter a third parties’ home in “hot pursuit” of a person wanted only on a traffic warrant,

Amicus brief addressing whether prior convictions for possession of substances controlled under state, but not federal, law can serve as enhancements under federal sentencing law.

The ACLU-NJ entered this case as amicus to argue that police stops based on rear tinted windows in cars are arbitrary, unconstitutional and in violation of the Fourth Amendment and Article I, Paragraph 7 of the New Jersey Constitution.

Challenge to the constitutionality of mandatory sentences of thirty years in prison for children convicted of murder.

Amicus brief addressing the how delays caused by COVID-19 impact the speedy trial provisions of the Criminal Justice Reform Act.

Amicus brief addressing New Jersey’s compassionate release statute.

Amicus participation in appeal of parole denial for a prisoner with developmental disability.

A case defending protesters against unconstitutional speech and protest restraints placed on them for demonstrating outside a county executive’s residence against the county’s contract to detain people on behalf of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement.

Challenge to the constitutionality of the use of de facto sentences of life without parole for young people.