Steven J. Richardson | January 20, 2009
Under the Fourth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, citizens are protected from unreasonable searches and seizures of their “persons, papers, houses and effects.” Reasonableness is considered to exist only when there is “probable cause.” Should law enforcement violate this right, the evidence found can be subject to suppression, i.e. not admissible in evidence against you. [...]
Steve | January 13, 2009
Any time the police stop a motorist, they must have probable cause to do so. When it comes to drunk driving, this cause is often based on the driver weaving in the road, resulting in one of the tickets being for “failure to maintain lane” under New Jersey statute 39:4-88(b). In the case of State [...]
Steven J. Richardson | January 6, 2009
There are many stories out there about how embarrassing photos and posts on social networking sites like MySpace and Facebook can cause problems for the user, even years after they were uploaded. Potential and existing employers often research employees/potential employees by reading profiles, and the consequences can be quite serious.
A case in point happened to [...]