Sunday, July 16, 2017

Effective July 1, 2017, the New Jersey Department of Law and Public Safety will require DNA collection for 19 disorderly persons offenses at the time of conviction.

DNA Collection

Effective July 1, 2017, the New Jersey Department of Law and Public Safety will require DNA collection for 19 disorderly persons offenses at the time of conviction. The State Police memo dated May 12, 2017 can be viewed
http://www.njsmpa.org/pdfs/codis_dna_collection.pdf

State of New Jersey Department of Law and Public Safety Division of Criminal Justice
Memorandum
Date: Friday, May 12, 2017
From: Andrew A. DeMuth Jr., Manager CODIS Compliance Unit To: File
Re: Statutes for Expansion of DNA Collection Law: DP Offenses
Effective July 1, 2017, DNA collection will be required for the following 19 disorderly persons offenses at the time of conviction.
At the time of collection, the offender’s identity must be electronically verified via the LiveScan machine using the Criminal Inquiry option, not Criminal Arrest as Criminal Arrest prints were already taken at the time of arrest. Care must be taken to avoid taking Criminal Arrest prints from a subject for the same offense twice.
Code
DV Assault
Title
2C:12-1A(1)* DV - SIMPLE ASSAULT-PURP/KNOWINGLY CAUSE BOD INJ 2C:12-1A(2)* DV - SIMPLE ASSAULT-NEG CAUSE BOD INJ W/ DEADLY WEAP
2C:12-1A(3)* DV - SIMPLE ASSAULT-THREAT OF SBI BY PHYSICAL MENACE *For simple assault statutes, DNA collection is only required when committed as an act of Domestic Violence (DV).
DV Restraining Order
2C:29-9B(2)
CDS Related
2C:33-2.1B
Prostitution
2C:34-1B(1)
2C:34-1B(8)
CDS
2C:35-10B
2C:35-10C 2C:35-10.4B(1)
2C:35-10.5A(1)
2C:35-10.5B
2C:35-10.5E(1) 2C:35-24
2C:35-25A
Paraphernalia
2C:36-2
2C:36-6A
2C:36-6.2c (AOC Adding)
CONTEMPT-VIOLATE DOMESTIC VIOLENCE WANDERING/PROWLING TO OBTAIN/SELL CDS
PROSTITUTION - ENGAGE AS PATRON
PROSTITUTION OFFER SEX IN EXCHANGE FOR ECONO VA
CDS - UNDER INFLUENCE W/O PRESCRIPTION POSS CDS-FAILS TO GIVE CDS TO POLICE
TOXIC CHEMICAL-INHALE TO CAUSE INTOXICATION
PRESC/LEGEND DRUG-DISTRIBUTE 4 OR FEWER DOSES PRESC/LEGEND DRUGS-USE W/OUT A LAWFUL SCRIPT PRESC/LEGEND DRUGS-POSS W/OUT A SCRIPT =<4 container="" dos="" drugs="" ephedrine="" for="" in="" o:p="" of="" original="" poss="" prescript="" products="" restrictions="" sales="">
USE/POSS W/INTENT TO USE DRUG PARAPHERNALIA POSS/SELL HYPODERMIC SYRINGE FOR USE WITH CDS Sale of hypodermic syringe after lawfully purchasing it
2C:35-10.4B(2)
TOXIC CHEMICAL-POSSESS FOR PURP OF INTOXICATION


Wednesday, July 12, 2017

Handling Drug, DWI and Serious Cases in Municipal Court Seminar

 October 30, 2017
5:30PM-9:05PM
NJ Law Center, New Brunswick, NJ
     Please forward to any attorneys, prosecutors or judges you believe may be interested.
     Speakers: Kenneth A.  Vercammen, Esq., Past Municipal Court Attorney of the Year
Tara Auciello, Esq.
Municipal Prosecutor (South River)
Law Office of Tara Auciello, Esq. (New Brunswick)
William Brigiani, Esq.
Brigiani & Cohen, LLC (East Brunswick)
Gregory DeMichele, Esq.
NJSBA Trustee
DeMichele and DeMichele (Haddon Heights)
John Menzel, Esq.
Past Chair, NJSBA Municipal Court Practice Section
Law Offices of John Menzel (Point Pleasant) 
Norma M. Murgado, Esq.
Chief Prosecutor (Elizabeth)
Assistant Prosecutor (Woodbridge)
Murgado & Carroll, Esqs. (Elizabeth)

$170- $190 tuition depending on  NJSBA membership 
Seminar # ICMCP150717

Location: New Jersey Law Center
One Constitution Square
New Brunswick, NJ 08901
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This informative seminar on Municipal Court practice and procedure will familiarize you with recent new developments affecting cases that are heard in Municipal Court. 

An authoritative panel of experienced attorneys will be joined by well-respected Municipal Prosecutors to explore a wide variety of matters that you are likely to encounter. They will also bring you up to date on recent developments you need to understand in order to effectively represent your clients. 

Includes sandwiches, dessert, a 400-page book  with sample forms, documents & checklists!
     A special Q&A session: Ask the Experts
NJ Institute for Continuing Legal Education presented in cooperation with the NJSBA Municipal Court Section and the NJSBA Young Lawyers’ Division

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    Municipal Court and Criminal Law attorneys may also be interested in the ABA’s CRIMINAL LAW FORMS book
Award winning book from the American Bar Association
Solo & Small Firm Division Author: Kenneth Vercammen 
 Use Criminal Law Forms to help represent persons charged with criminal and traffic offenses. Detailed instruction and valuable insight is offered beginning with the initial contact with the client, to walking into the courthouse, and managing the steps that follow. Two hundred and ten modifiable forms help make criminal lawyers more efficient and productive, while also reducing the chance for mistakes. Criminal Law Forms helps lawyers face the challenges of:
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      Author: Kenneth Vercammen is an Edison, Middlesex County, NJ trial attorney where he  handles Criminal, Municipal Court, Probate,  Litigation and Estate Administration matters. Ken is author of the American Bar Association’s new book “Criminal Law Forms” and often lectures to trial lawyers of the American Bar Association, NJ State Bar Association and Middlesex County Bar Association.  As the Past Chair of  the Municipal Court Section he has served on its board for 10 years.  
     Awarded the Municipal Court Attorney of the Year by both the NJSBA and Middlesex County Bar Association, he also received the NJSBA- YLD Service to the Bar Award and the General Practitioner Attorney of the Year, now Solo Attorney of the Year.
        Ken Vercammen is a highly regarded lecturer on both Municipal Court/ DWI and Estate/ Probate Law issues for the NJICLE- New Jersey State Bar Association, American Bar Association, and Middlesex County Bar Association. His articles have been published by NJ Law Journal, ABA Law Practice Management Magazine, YLD Dictum, GP Gazette and New Jersey Lawyer magazine.  He was a speaker at the 2013 ABA Annual meeting program “Handling the Criminal Misdemeanor and Traffic Case” and serves as is the Editor in Chief of the NJ Municipal Court Law Review. 
       For nine years he served as the Cranbury Township Prosecutor and also was a Special Acting Prosecutor in nine different towns. Ken has successfully handled over one thousand Municipal Court and Superior Court matters in the past 27 years. 
   Ken also serves as the Editor of the popular legal website www.njlaws.com and related blogs. In Law School he was a member of the Law Review, winner of the ATLA trial competition and top ten in class.
       Throughout his career he has served the NJSBA in many leadership and volunteer positions. Ken has testified for the NJSBA before the Senate Judiciary Committee to support changes in the DWI law to permit restricted use driver license and interlock legislation. Ken also testified before the Assembly Judiciary Committee in favor of the first-time criminal offender “Conditional Dismissal” legislation which permits dismissal of some criminal charges. He is the voice of the Solo and Small firm attorneys who juggle active court practice with bar and community activities. Recently, the ABA Solo Division has selected Ken to write its new book on “Marketing for the New and Small Firm Attorney”. In his private life he has been a member of the NJ State champion Raritan Valley Road Runners master’s team and is a 4th degree black belt. 
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Saturday, July 01, 2017

2C:43-13.1 Conditional Dismissal Eligibility and application.

2C:43-13.1 Conditional Dismissal Eligibility and application.

1. Eligibility and Application. a. Whenever any defendant who has not been previously convicted of any petty disorderly persons offense, disorderly persons offense or crime under any law of the United States, this State or any other state, and who has not previously participated in conditional discharge under N.J.S.2C:36A-1, supervisory treatment under N.J.S.2C:43-12, or conditional dismissal under P.L.2013, c.158 (C.2C:43-13.1 et al.), is charged with a petty disorderly offense or disorderly persons offense except as provided in subsection b. of this section, the defendant may, after a plea of guilty or a finding of guilt, but prior to the entry of a judgment of conviction and with appropriate notice to the prosecutor, apply to the court for entry into the conditional dismissal program pursuant to the requirements of P.L.2013, c.158 (C.2C:43-13.1 et al.). As a condition of such application, the defendant shall submit to the fingerprint identification procedures as provided in R.S.53:1-15 before making such application to the court to allow sufficient time for verification of the defendant's criminal history by the prosecutor.

b. (1) A defendant shall not be eligible for participation in the conditional dismissal program if the offense for which the person is charged involved: (a) organized criminal or gang activity; (b) a continuing criminal business or enterprise; (c) a breach of the public trust by a public officer or employee; (d) domestic violence as defined by subsection a. of section 3 of P.L.1991, c.261 (C.2C:25-19); (e) an offense against an elderly, disabled or minor person; (f) an offense involving driving or operating a motor vehicle while under the influence of alcohol, intoxicating liquor, narcotic, hallucinogenic or habit-producing drug; (g) a violation of animal cruelty laws; or (h) any disorderly persons offense or petty disorderly persons offense under chapter 35 or 36 of Title 2C.

(2)Nothing in this act shall preclude a defendant charged with any disorderly persons offense or petty disorderly persons offense under chapter 35 or 36 of Title 2C from applying to the court for admission into the conditional discharge program in accordance with N.J.S.2C:36A-1.

c. In addition to the eligibility criteria enumerated in this section, the court shall consider the following factors:

(1)The nature and circumstances of the offense;

(2)The facts surrounding the commission of the offense;

(3)The motivation, age, character and attitude of the defendant;

(4)The desire of the complainant or victim to forego prosecution;

(5)The needs and interests of the victim and the community;

(6)The extent to which the defendant's offense constitutes part of a continuing pattern of anti-social behavior;

(7)Whether the offense is of an assaultive or violent nature, whether in the act itself or in the possible injurious consequences of such behavior;

(8)Whether the applicant's participation will adversely affect the prosecution of codefendants;

(9)Whether diversion of the defendant from prosecution is consistent with the public interest; and

(10) Any other factors deemed relevant by the court.

2C:43-13.2 Court approval of defendant's participation in conditional dismissal program.

2. Court Approval of Defendant's Participation in Conditional Dismissal Program. After considering the eligibility criteria set forth in section 1 of P.L.2013, c.158 (C.2C:43-13.1), the defendant's criminal history and the municipal prosecutor's recommendation, the court may, without entering a judgment of conviction, and after proper reference to the State Bureau of Identification criminal history record information files, approve the defendant's participation in the conditional dismissal program established pursuant to P.L.2013, c.158 (C.2C:43-13.1 et al.) and place the defendant under a probation monitoring status for a period of one year. The court may also impose financial obligations and other terms and conditions in accordance with P.L.2013, c.158 (C.2C:43-13.1 et al.). Where the court approves a defendant's participation in the conditional dismissal program over the municipal prosecutor's objection, the order approving the defendant's participation in the program shall be a final order but upon request of the municipal prosecutor shall be stayed for a period of 10 days in order to permit the prosecutor to appeal such order to the Superior Court.

L.2013, c.158, s.2.

2C:43-13.3 Extension of conditional dismissal term.

3. Extension of Conditional Dismissal Term. A defendant may apply to the court for an extension of a term of conditional dismissal pursuant to the provisions of P.L.2013, c.158 (C.2C:43-13.1 et al.) to allow sufficient time to pay financial obligations imposed by the court. A judge may also extend a defendant's conditional dismissal term for good cause.

2C:43-13.4 Violation of terms prior to dismissal.

4. Violation of Terms Prior To Dismissal. If a defendant who is participating in the conditional dismissal program established pursuant to P.L.2013, c.158 (C.2C:43-13.1 et al.) is convicted of any petty disorderly persons offense, disorderly persons offense or crime under any law of the United States, this State or any other state, or otherwise fails to comply with the terms and conditions imposed by the court, the court may enter a judgment of conviction and impose a fine, penalty, or other assessment which may be imposed by the court in accordance with the defendant's prior plea of guilty or finding of guilt.

L.2013, c.158, s.4.

2C:43-13.5 Dismissal.

5. Dismissal. If, at the end of the term of the conditional dismissal, the defendant has not been convicted of any subsequent petty disorderly persons offense, disorderly persons offense or crime under any law of the United States, this State or any other state, and has complied with any other terms and conditions imposed by the court, the court may terminate the probation monitoring and dismiss the proceedings against the defendant.

L.2013, c.158, s.5.

2C:43-13.6 Effect of dismissal.

6. Effect of Dismissal. The conditional dismissal of petty disorderly persons or disorderly persons offenses granted pursuant to P.L.2013, c.158 (C.2C:43-13.1 et al.) shall not be deemed a conviction for purposes of disqualifications or disabilities, if any, imposed by law upon conviction of a petty disorderly persons or disorderly persons offense but shall be reported to the State Bureau of Identification criminal history record information files for purposes of determining future eligibility or exclusion from court diversion programs. A conditional dismissal granted pursuant to P.L.2013, c.158 (C.2C:43-13.1 et al.) shall not be deemed a conviction for the purposes of determining whether a second or subsequent offense has occurred under any law of this State.

2C:43-13.7 Limitation.

7. Limitation. A conditional dismissal pursuant to P.L.2013, c.158 (C.2C:43-13.1 et al.) shall be granted only once with respect to any defendant.

2C:43-13.8 Conditional dismissal assessment, restitution and other assessments.

8. Conditional Dismissal Assessment, Restitution and Other Assessments. A defendant applying for admission to the conditional dismissal program pursuant to P.L.2013, c.158 (C.2C:43-13.1 et al.) shall pay to the court an application fee of $75 which, upon collection, shall be deposited into the "Municipal Court Diversion Fund" established pursuant to section 9 of P.L.2013, c.158 (C.2C:43-13.9). Monies in the fund shall be used to defray the cost of intake and monitoring services related to the defendant's participation in the conditional dismissal program as provided by the Probation Division of the Superior Court. If admitted into the program, the defendant shall be required to pay any restitution, costs, and other mandatory assessments that would have been imposed by law for a conviction of the offense charged.

A municipal court judge may impose an assessment, based on the nature of the offense and the character of the defendant, that shall not exceed the amount of a fine that would have been imposed for conviction of the offense charged. Such assessment shall be distributed in the same manner as a fine for the offense charged. A defendant shall be advised of these financial conditions prior to seeking entry into the program.

A defendant may apply for a waiver of the fee, by reason of poverty, pursuant to the Rules Governing the Courts of the State of New Jersey, or the court may permit the defendant to pay the conditional dismissal fee and other assessments in installments or may order other alternatives pursuant to section 1 of P.L.2009, c.317 (C.2B:12-23.1).