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How Long Does Reckless Driving Stay on Your Record in New Jersey?

New Jersey motor vehicle law includes a specific reckless driving offense that can cause you years of problems in addition to immediate jail time, a fine, and a potential loss of driving privileges if you are convicted of the offense. The penalties for a reckless driving conviction are more severe…

How An Attorney Can Help in a Domestic Violence Case

Facing Domestic Violence Charges? Here’s how an attorney can save your freedom. Remember last time, when we outlined crucial steps to take if you’re facing domestic violence accusations? Today, we delve deeper, exploring how a skilled criminal defense attorney can be your game-changer in navigating this complex legal terrain. Buckle…

What To Do If Facing Domestic Violence Charges?

If the police come to your New Jersey home in response to domestic violence calls, it is almost inevitable that someone will be arrested and charged. New Jersey law requires a police officer to arrest a domestic violence suspect and to sign a criminal complaint against that person if the…

Jonathan Marshall | | Parole

How Long Can They Hold You in Jail for a Parole Violation in New Jersey?

If you are on parole and your parole officer determines that you have violated the terms of your parole, the court may send you back to prison to serve the rest of your original sentence. And when you have been arrested on a parole-based warrant, you can be held in jail…

Colin Bonus | | DUI / Drunk Driving

Bail for DUI: How Much Is Bail for A DUI in New Jersey?

New Jersey changed its approach to bail as part of the reform of New Jersey’s criminal justice system in 2017. The state moved from a system that relied principally on setting monetary bail as a condition of release to a risk-based system that the state says is more objective and…