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69 Court Cases
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Dec 26, 2018
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State v. Camey

Amicus brief addressing state’s argument under the “inevitable discovery doctrine” that evidence should not be suppressed because if the police had not acted unconstitutionally, they would have acted constitutionally.
Court Case
Dec 26, 2018
Cases
  • Criminal Legal System|
  • +1 Issue

State v. Chisum & Woodard

Amicus brief challenging officers’ detention of hotel guests to perform warrant checks in response to a noise complaint, raising issues of implicit racial bias.
Court Case
Dec 26, 2018
Cases
  • Criminal Legal System|
  • +1 Issue

State v. Fede

Amicus brief challenging defendant’s obstruction conviction when all he did was fail to assist officers’ entry into his home and instead said “get a warrant.”
Court Case
Dec 26, 2018
Cases
  • Criminal Legal System|
  • +1 Issue

State v. Nelson

Amicus brief challenging the lawfulness of a canine sniff that adds 37 minutes to a traffic stop.
Court Case
Dec 26, 2018
Cases
  • Criminal Legal System

In the matter of Records Expungement of T.B.

Amicus brief addressing eligibility for expungement of criminal records following successful completion of drug court.
Court Case
Dec 14, 2018
Cases
  • Criminal Legal System

State v. Hyppolite

Amicus brief addressing appropriate remedy for a prosecutor’s failure to provide required exculpatory information prior to a detention hearing.
Court Case
Dec 10, 2018
Cases
  • Criminal Legal System

State v. Tillery

Amicus brief in challenge to New Jersey state courts' use of non-convicted conduct as a factor in sentencing.
Court Case
Dec 10, 2018
Cases
  • Criminal Legal System

State v. L.H.

Challenge to police failure to document conversations between officers and witnesses making eyewitness identifications.
Court Case
Dec 10, 2018
Cases
  • Criminal Legal System

State v. Wint

Amicus brief in support of the proposition that once a pretrial detainee asks for a lawyer, police cannot re-interrogate him or her without counsel present, unless he or she re-initiates the interrogation.