Court Cases

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.

Amicus brief in a case where contraband was seized during an unlawful, warrantless search of a motel room, which subsequently led to a warrantless search of a car.

The ACLU-NJ represents P.D., a pretrial detainee with mental illness who, after being unable to make bail, was held in solitary confinement for more than four months.

This lawsuit challenged solitary confinement practices at the Middlesex County Jail in “C-Pod”, a unit specifically for solitary confinement.

Amicus brief in support of a person who requested a police dashcam recording under the Open Public Records Act.

Amicus brief addressing applicability of the requirement that police record details of identification procedure to electronic databases.

Amicus brief challenge to the use of the scientific reliability of so-called Child Sexual Abuse Accommodation Syndrome

Challenge to a man put in jail for not paying a fine for littering same day as court date.

Petition for Certification addressing the requirements of criminal lawyers to advise their clients of immigration consequences of guilty pleas.