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New Jersey Law Journal: Top Stories August 3, 2009

By David Badertscher, PLL

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As Corruption Defendants Lawyer Up, Defense Strategies Start To Emerge
" Besides reinforcing New Jersey's corrupt image, the FBI's arrest of 44 officeholders, political operatives and rabbis two weeks ago is providing work for several of the state's well-known criminal defense lawyers, some of whom began hinting at possible defenses"

DeAlmeida, Former DAG, To Head Tax Court
"Patrick DeAlmeida, a 15-year veteran of the New Jersey Attorney General's Office who has spent most of his career in public service, has been selected as the next presiding judge of the Tax Court."

Miranda Rights Apply in Juvenile Cases
" The state Supreme Court extends to juvenile proceedings the protections afforded adult criminal defendants against use of incriminatory statements obtained without the benefit of counsel."

Judges' Power To Suspend Licenses Is Upheld, But Guidelines Are Laid Down
"The Appellate Division upholds a law granting judges the authority to suspend driver's licenses but urges the Legislature to enact guidelines to reduce sentencing disparities."

Guilty Plea Void If Alien Defendant Not Warned Deportation Is a Certainty
" The New Jersey Supreme Court sends a message to trial judges that a non-citizen's guilty plea to a serious crime felony will be vacated if the defendant was not made aware that it will result in deportation."

Court Limits 'Moral Wrongness' Charge For Insanity Defense
"The state Supreme Court denies a new trial for a man who claimed he killed a cab driver on instruction from voices in his head, holding there was no basis for charging the jury that the insanity defense could be based on the defendant's inability to understand the immorality of his actions."

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